Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 21 | 99 | The kur, it seemed to me, in virtue of its distant, doubtless harsh evolution, was well fitted to be a dominant form of life. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 21 | 96 | I looked at the huge, somber, shaggy head of the kur, mounted on its stake, some eight feet from the ground. |
| 21 | 97 | I wondered if men, truly, knew how great their enemies were. |
| 21 | 98 | And I wondered if men, in ways so weak, so puny, were adequate to such foes. |
| 21 | 99 | The kur, it seemed to me, in virtue of its distant, doubtless harsh evolution, was well fitted to be a dominant form of life. |
| 21 | 100 | It would prove indeed to be a great foe. |
| 21 | 101 | I wondered if man could be so great a foe, if he in his own terribleness, his ferocity, his intelligence, could match such a beast. |
| 21 | 102 | On his own worlds, in a sense, man had no natural enemies, save perhaps himself. |
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I looked at the huge, somber, shaggy head of the kur, mounted on its stake, some eight feet from the ground.
I wondered if men, truly, knew how great their enemies were.
And I wondered if men, in ways so weak, so puny, were adequate to such foes.
The kur, it seemed to me, in virtue of its distant, doubtless harsh evolution, was well fitted to be a dominant form of life.
It would prove indeed to be a great foe.
I wondered if man could be so great a foe, if he in his own terribleness, his ferocity, his intelligence, could match such a beast.
On his own worlds, in a sense, man had no natural enemies, save perhaps himself.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 21)