 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 860 pages
...story of very questionable authenticity, in consequence of the fanatic decision of the caliph Omar: "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 destroyed." Accordingly, it is... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - 1873 - 338 pages
...tradition of Abulpharagius, has found its exact counterpart in some modern reasonings of Christian men. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved. If they disagree, they arc pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." But such a view, though... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, John Gardner Wilkinson - 1873 - 546 pages
...conqueror. Amrou (Amer) was inclined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the caliph ; and the answer of Omar, inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic, 'Jf these writings of the Greeks agree with... | |
 | 1874 - 414 pages
...according .to the story generally believed, in consequence of the fanatic decision of the Caliph Omar : ' 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 destroyed.' Accordingly, it is... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 pages
...according to the story generally believed, in consequence of the fanatic decision of the Caliph Omar, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God (the Koran), they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 632 pages
...conqueror. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of the grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent...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." The sentence was... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1875 - 620 pages
...without the consent of the caliph ; and the answer of Omar, inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic, ' Jf these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God, they arc useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed,'... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1880 - 370 pages
...refuseil to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the khalif ; and the answer of Omar, inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic, 'If these...with the Book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed,' " doomed them to... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1882 - 416 pages
...the Grammarian pleaded for the preservation of the library of the captured city the Caliph replied, "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 destroyed." No library ever had... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1885 - 826 pages
...conquests of Islam. The immense library at Alexandria was burned by order of Omar (638), who reasoned: "If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God (the Koran), they are useless and need not be preserved ; if they di.sagree, they are pernicious and... | |
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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 destroyed. 
