But what's the good of this sort of 'understanding,' Dearri said, if it doesn't result in practical, technological applications? Just word juggling, isn't it?
You ask questions like a true profiteer, Shevek said, and not a soul there knew he had insulted Dearri with the most contemptuous word in his vocabulary; indeed Dearri nodded a bit, accepting the compliment with satisfaction.


Chapter 7 (p. 224) - Hainish Cycle - The Dispossessed (1974)

Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

But what's the good of this sort of 'understanding,' Dearri said, if it doesn't result in practical, technological applications? Just word juggling,...

But what's the good of this sort of 'understanding,' Dearri said, if it doesn't result in practical, technological applications? Just word juggling,...

But what's the good of this sort of 'understanding,' Dearri said, if it doesn't result in practical, technological applications? Just word juggling,...

But what's the good of this sort of 'understanding,' Dearri said, if it doesn't result in practical, technological applications? Just word juggling,...