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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
5 151 She moved from my arms and approached the portal.
5 152 When she was within perhaps a yard of the exit the small red domes began to glow.
5 153 "Here in the Sardar," she said, turning to face me, trembling, "they took me into the tunnels and locked over my head a hideous metal globe with lights and wires and when they freed me they showed me a metal plate and told me that the patterns of my brain, of my oldest and most primitive memories, were recorded on that plate.
5 154 I listened intently, knowing that the girl could, even if of High caste, understand little of what had happened to her.
5 155 Those of the High castes of Gor are permitted by the Priest-Kings only the Second Knowledge, and those of the lower castes are permitted only the more rudimentary First Knowledge.
5 156 I had speculated that there would be a Third Knowledge, that reserved for Priest-Kings, and the girl's account seemed to justify this conjecture.
5 157 I myself would not understand the intricate processes involved in the machine of which she spoke but the purpose of the machine and the theoretical principles that facilitated its purpose were reasonably clear.
She moved from my arms and approached the portal. When she was within perhaps a yard of the exit the small red domes began to glow. "Here in the Sardar," she said, turning to face me, trembling, "they took me into the tunnels and locked over my head a hideous metal globe with lights and wires and when they freed me they showed me a metal plate and told me that the patterns of my brain, of my oldest and most primitive memories, were recorded on that plate. I listened intently, knowing that the girl could, even if of High caste, understand little of what had happened to her. Those of the High castes of Gor are permitted by the Priest-Kings only the Second Knowledge, and those of the lower castes are permitted only the more rudimentary First Knowledge. I had speculated that there would be a Third Knowledge, that reserved for Priest-Kings, and the girl's account seemed to justify this conjecture. I myself would not understand the intricate processes involved in the machine of which she spoke but the purpose of the machine and the theoretical principles that facilitated its purpose were reasonably clear. - (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )