...books of the Greeks agree with tho Koran — the Koran is sufficient without them ; therefore they need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed. Let them be burnt." They were distributed for the purpose of heating the baths, and in six months were...

...superior, the khalif 'Omar, asking for instructions." The khalif's answer was thus conceived : " If the writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God,...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." In compliance with this order, adds the same writer, " the contents of the library were distributed...

...which he gave for this net is worth preserving: " If these writings," he said, "agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." By himself and his generals, this ferocious conqueror added Syria, Phoenicia, Mesopotamia, Chaldea,...

...superior, the khalif 'Omar, asking for instructions." The khalif's answer was thus conceived : " If the writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not he preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." In compliance with...

...three times : once by Cffisar, once by the Christians, and again by the order of Omar, who said, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God (ie the Koran), they are useless, and need not be preserved : if they disagree, they are pernicious,...

...destroyed by this fanatic, on the famous plea, that " 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 ought to be destroyed," was probably a library of comparatively modern formation. This, however is an obscure subject, the...

...which was due to the caliph. The request was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied with the spirit of a fanatic, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and deserve not to be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The...

...superstition propagated by his sword. " If, said he. " 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." The decree was issued, and the four thousand baths of the city are said to have...

...— the word of Us the Church. " If these writings" said the bigot Omar of the Alexandrian Library " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the book...disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed:" and the four thousand baths of the city had their six months' furnace-fuel from the bookshelves ! The...

...refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the caliph ; and the answer of Omar, inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic, ' if these...they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disai gree, they are pernicious and ought ; to be destroyed,'" doomed them to destruction. Such was...