 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860
...Omar. The great Alexandrian library, which was destroyed by this fanatic, on the famous plea, that " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." was probably a library of comparatively modern formation. This, however is... | |
 | sir John Simeon (3rd bart.) - 1860
..."We are told that Omar sentenced it to the flames, impelled by the following argument : — " If the writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, they are useless and need not be preserved; if they are at variance with it, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." Whether he was actuated by... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1863 - 520 стор.
...reason, which he gave his general, Amrou, in his order for its destruction. Said he : " If these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree with it, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Possibly the world at large would be as well... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1863
...library : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of .God," said the arrogant Moslem, " they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." Some original minds indeed can do immortal things with few aids. Bunyan, while... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1864 - 503 стор.
...be destroyed. " If," said he, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of Allah, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience. The volumes... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1864 - 503 стор.
...he applied for instructions, ordered it — according to the well-known story — to be destroyed. " If," said he, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of Allah, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious,... | |
 | MARCUS WILLSON - 1864
...disposition he should make of the famous Alexandrian library, the caliph replied, " If these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not be preserved j if they disagree, they are pernicious, and should be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1865 - 271 стор.
...the learning, the arts, and the genius of antiquity to the flames, with tbe sapient remark, — " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...preserved. If they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." So says the Church of Home, when erecting a funeral pile for the learning,... | |
 | 1865
...library : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God," said the arrogant Moslem, " they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." Some original minds indeed can do immortal things with few aid?. Bunyan, while... | |
 | Increase Niles Tarbox - 1865 - 362 стор.
...caliph replied, as such a narrow and fanatical chief of a fanatical sect might be expected to reply: "If," said he, "these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved : if they disagree, they are pernicious,... | |
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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. 
