 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...the ig- CHAP, norance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agree LI" with the book of God, they are useless and need not be " preserved : if they disagree, they are peruicious and ought " to be destroyed. " The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...celebrated Library, is well known. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were accordingly distributed among the 4000 baths... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bibliographical literature - 1814 - 454 pages
...fanatic. " If" (replied he) " these writings of the Greeks agree with " the Koran, or 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 of destruction was executed with blind... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...caliph. To this request, Omar answered, "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." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...after the taking of the city, by the order of the caliph Omar, who said, with regard to the library ; " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Alexandria is divided into old and new town. The latter... | |
 | William Rae Wilson - Egypt - 1824 - 506 pages
...consideration of the Caliph. " If these books," observed Omer, in his answer, " agree with the book of God, (Koran,) they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were destroyed accordingly, and many are disposed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "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 pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
 | Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 pages
...ordered by the Saracen. ' If ' these writings of the Greeks,' said Omar, ' 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.' In accordance with the order of supreme ignorance, the... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Christian education - 1829 - 738 pages
...disposed to say of them as the barbarian Sultan Omar said of the famous Alexandrian Library — « If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...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... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Annotations (Provenance) - 1830 - 368 pages
...being disposed to say of them, as the barbarian Sultan Omar said of the famous Alexandrian Library —' If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...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;... | |
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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. 
