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History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

CHAPTER IV
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The khalif was an illiterate man; his environment was an environment of fanaticism and ignorance.

Omar's act was an illustration of Ali's remark.
THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY BURNT.

But it must not be supposed that the books which John the Labor-lover coveted were those which constituted the great library of the Ptolemies, and that of Eumenes, King of Pergamus.

Nearly a thousand years had elapsed since Philadelphus began his collection.

Julius Caesar had burnt more than half; the Patriarchs of Alexandria had not only permitted but superintended the dispersion of almost all the rest.


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