 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 528 pages
...refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the caliph; and the well-known answer o( Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. "...need not " be preserved : if they disagree, they are per" nicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the volumes... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 pages
...Omar, who said, with regard to the library ; " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are .useless, and need not be preserved ; if...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Alexandria is divided into old and new town. The latter extends along the coast, and is the centre... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the Caliph, and the well known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a...need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
 | Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 pages
...deplored the destruction ordered by the Saracen. ' If ' these writings of the Greeks,' said Omar, ' agree with the book of God, they are useless and need...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' In accordance with the order of supreme ignorance, the parchment volumes of Alexandria were devoted... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...said of the famous Alexandrian Library — « If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and must be destroyed.' Other books have their use, and are valuable in their place ; but let us first... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1830 - 368 pages
...Omar said of the famous Alexandrian Library —' If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and must be destroyed.' Other books have tbeir use, and are valuable in their place; but let us first take... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1831 - 750 pages
...and the illiberality of a fanatic. " If," said he to Amrou, " these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana, find a part of Tartary,... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1833 - 676 pages
...savage, and the illiberality of a fanatic. "If," said he to Amrou, "these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 045. lie added Bactriana, and a part of Tartary,... | |
 | 1834 - 440 pages
...well-known answer: " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless, and not to be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Gibbon says, " The sentence was executed with blind obedience ; the volumes of paper or parchment were... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...well known, and has been often quoted : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved;...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Nevertheless the above story is disputed by_ several writers, and denied by Gibbon, the historian,... | |
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If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved • if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be de stroyed. 
