Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 88 | I had not seen it. |
| 16 | 89 | In the pits there is no light, save that which men bring there. |
| 16 | 90 | Without light, there cannot be photosynthesis. |
| 16 | 91 | Without photosynthesis there cannot be the reduction of carbon dioxide, the formation of sugar, the beginning of the food chain. |
| 16 | 92 | Ultimately, then, food is brought into the pits, generally in the form of organic debris, from hundreds of sources, many of them hundreds of miles distant; this debris is carried by the fresh-water feeds, through minute faults and fissures, and even porous rock, until it reaches the remains of the ancient seas, now sunken far beneath the surface. |
| 16 | 93 | On and in this debris, breaking it down, are several varieties of bacteria. |
| 16 | 94 | These bacteria are devoured by protozoons and rotifers. |
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I had not seen it.
In the pits there is no light, save that which men bring there.
Without light, there cannot be photosynthesis.
Without photosynthesis there cannot be the reduction of carbon dioxide, the formation of sugar, the beginning of the food chain.
Ultimately, then, food is brought into the pits, generally in the form of organic debris, from hundreds of sources, many of them hundreds of miles distant; this debris is carried by the fresh-water feeds, through minute faults and fissures, and even porous rock, until it reaches the remains of the ancient seas, now sunken far beneath the surface.
On and in this debris, breaking it down, are several varieties of bacteria.
These bacteria are devoured by protozoons and rotifers.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )