Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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The Priest-Kings, as far as I could tell, had no art.
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Perhaps they would regard it as a useless excrescence detracting from the more sober values of life, such as, I supposed, study, meditation and the manipulation of the lives of men.
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I noted that the passage which I trod was well worn.
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It had been polished by the sandals of countless men and women who had walked before where I now walked, perhaps thousands of years ago, perhaps yesterday, perhaps this morning.
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Then we came to a large hall.
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It was plain, but in its sheer size it possessed a severe, lofty grandeur.
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At the entrance to this room, or chamber, I stopped, overcome with a certain sense of awe.
The Priest-Kings, as far as I could tell, had no art.
Perhaps they would regard it as a useless excrescence detracting from the more sober values of life, such as, I supposed, study, meditation and the manipulation of the lives of men.
I noted that the passage which I trod was well worn.
It had been polished by the sandals of countless men and women who had walked before where I now walked, perhaps thousands of years ago, perhaps yesterday, perhaps this morning.
Then we came to a large hall.
It was plain, but in its sheer size it possessed a severe, lofty grandeur.
At the entrance to this room, or chamber, I stopped, overcome with a certain sense of awe.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )