Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 40 | "But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked. |
| 19 | 41 | "These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net. |
| 19 | 42 | It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated". |
| 19 | 43 | "Then it might seem," I proposed, somewhat maliciously, "that from one point of view, contrary to your suggestion of yesterday, that these tiny pieces of metal—and not the modifications of the ganglionic net—are the true and ultimate source of the priest-kings' power". |
| 19 | 44 | Sarm's antennae twitched irritably. |
| 19 | 45 | "We had to pick them up and use them, and later make them," said Sarm. |
| 19 | 46 | "But they may have come before the modifications of the net, you said," I reminded him. |
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"But what of the modifications of the ganglionic net?" I asked.
"These things," said Sarm, "may even be older than the modifications of the net.
It is possible that had it not been for them and the changes they wrought in an ancient form of life there might have been no such modifications, for such modifications might then have been of little practical utility and thus, if they had occurred, might not have been perpetuated".
"Then it might seem," I proposed, somewhat maliciously, "that from one point of view, contrary to your suggestion of yesterday, that these tiny pieces of metal—and not the modifications of the ganglionic net—are the true and ultimate source of the priest-kings' power".
Sarm's antennae twitched irritably.
"We had to pick them up and use them, and later make them," said Sarm.
"But they may have come before the modifications of the net, you said," I reminded him.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )