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Subject: Re: The Canon
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 10:06:30 EDT
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> This is being forwarded through me to NET.STARTREK. I only do some basic 
> formatting and I am not responsible for its content. All responses sent 
> to me will be forwarded to the author. 
> 
> People keep quoting, "As Vulcan goes, so goes the Federation" to back
> up their arguments that Spock is so important Kirk will be forgiven
> a multitude of sins for having rescued him.   To the best of my 
> knowledge, that line is from a "Star Trek" novel by Sondra Marshak
> and Myrna Culbreath, *The Price of the Phoenix*.  I don't think the
> makers of "Star Trek IV" are obliged to pay any attention to any of
> the novels.  Did this line actually originate elsewhere?  Marshak
> and Culbreath do make a habit of interweaving lines from the episodes
> into their dialogue, often changing or deepening the meaning in
> the process, but I thought this line was original with them.  Does
> anybody know anything for certain?
>  
> ---------
> PDDB

Though I am not sure if the line in question was actualy used in an
episode or not, I believe the attitude implied was clearly expressed
in "A Journey to Babel" in which everyone wants to know how Spok's
daddy Sarek (Mark Leanord) is going to vote on a certain issue because
on the Federation council Vulcan carries a lot of weight.


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