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institutions of the civil law; the character and religion of Mahomet; the temporal sovereignty of the popes; the restoration and decay of the Western empire of Charlemagne; the crusades of the Latins in the East: the conquests of the Saracens and Turks; the ruin of the Greek empire; the state and revolutions of Rome in the middle age. The historian may applaud the importance and variety of his subject; but while he is conscious of his own imperfections, he must often accuse the deficiency of his materials. It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life, and which, however inadequate to my own wishes, I finally delivere to the curiosity and candor of the public. Lausanne, June 27 1787 Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM By Andrew Dickson White Two Volumes Combined To the Memory of EZRA CORNELL I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. Thoughts that great hearts once broke for, we Breathe cheaply in the common air.--LOWELL Dicipulus est prioris posterior dies.--PUBLIUS SYRUS Truth is the daughter of Time.--BACON The Truth shall make you free.--ST. JOHN, viii, 32. INTRODUCTION My book is ready for the printer, and as I begin this preface my eye lights upon the crowd of Russian peasants at work on the Neva under my