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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)

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11 166 It seemed that now, with the failure of the coup of Henrius Sevarius, and the diminishment of the power of the other Ubars, she might well do so.
11 167 The council, I expected, itself composed of captains, men much like myself, would provide a political structure within which my ambitions and projects might well prosper.
11 168 Nominally beneath its aegis, I might, for all practical purposes, be free to augment my house as I saw fit, the House of Bosk, of Port Kar.
11 169 I, for one, would champion the council.
11 170 I expected that there would be support for this position, both from men like myself, self-seeking men, wise in political realities, and from the inevitable and useful fools, abundant even in Port Kar, hoping simply for a saner and more efficient governance of their city.
11 171 It seemed the interests of wise men and fools lay for once conjoined.
11 172 I turned and faced the captains.
It seemed that now, with the failure of the coup of Henrius Sevarius, and the diminishment of the power of the other Ubars, she might well do so. The council, I expected, itself composed of captains, men much like myself, would provide a political structure within which my ambitions and projects might well prosper. Nominally beneath its aegis, I might, for all practical purposes, be free to augment my house as I saw fit, the House of Bosk, of Port Kar. I, for one, would champion the council. I expected that there would be support for this position, both from men like myself, self-seeking men, wise in political realities, and from the inevitable and useful fools, abundant even in Port Kar, hoping simply for a saner and more efficient governance of their city. It seemed the interests of wise men and fools lay for once conjoined. I turned and faced the captains. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )