Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 36 | It is little wonder then that the cities of Gor support and welcome the fairs. |
| 1 | 37 | Sometimes they provide a common ground on which territorial and commercial disputes may be amicably resolved without loss of honor, plenipotentiaries of warring cities having apparently met by accident among the silken pavilions. |
| 1 | 38 | Further, members of castes such as the Physicians and Builders use the fairs for the dissemination of information and techniques among caste Brothers, as is prescribed in their codes, in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be hostile. |
| 1 | 39 | And, as might be expected, members of the caste of Scribes gather here to enter into dispute and examine and trade manuscripts. |
| 1 | 40 | My small friend, Torm of Ko-ro-ba, of the caste of Scribes, had been to the fairs four times in his life. |
| 1 | 41 | He informed me that in this time he had refuted seven hundred and eight scribes from fifty-seven cities, but I will not vouch for the accuracy of the report, as I sometimes suspect that Torm, like most members of his caste, and mine, tends to be a bit too sanguine in recounting his numerous victories. |
| 1 | 42 | Moreover I have never been too clear as to the grounds on which the disputes of scribes are to be adjudicated, and it is not too infrequently that both disputants leave the field each fully convinced that he has had the best of the contest. |
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It is little wonder then that the cities of Gor support and welcome the fairs.
Sometimes they provide a common ground on which territorial and commercial disputes may be amicably resolved without loss of honor, plenipotentiaries of warring cities having apparently met by accident among the silken pavilions.
Further, members of castes such as the Physicians and Builders use the fairs for the dissemination of information and techniques among caste Brothers, as is prescribed in their codes, in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be hostile.
And, as might be expected, members of the caste of Scribes gather here to enter into dispute and examine and trade manuscripts.
My small friend, Torm of Ko-ro-ba, of the caste of Scribes, had been to the fairs four times in his life.
He informed me that in this time he had refuted seven hundred and eight scribes from fifty-seven cities, but I will not vouch for the accuracy of the report, as I sometimes suspect that Torm, like most members of his caste, and mine, tends to be a bit too sanguine in recounting his numerous victories.
Moreover I have never been too clear as to the grounds on which the disputes of scribes are to be adjudicated, and it is not too infrequently that both disputants leave the field each fully convinced that he has had the best of the contest.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )