Volume - The Clarence Darrow Collection

the earth, i, 149. His belief regarding
comets, 206. His Sacred Theory of
the Earth, 218, 219, 227.
Bumouf, his work in philology, ii, 379.
Cited, 211, note ; 213, note.
Bums, cited, ii, 96, note.
Burr, E. F., his attack on the theory of
evolution, i, 80, 81.
Burr, G. L., discovery of Loos's book by,
i, 356, note. Cited, 357, note ; ii, 75,
note ; 78, note.
Burroughs, George,
condition of Salem
parish after the pastorate of, ii, 147.
His conviction and execution for
witchcraft, 151.
Burton, Henry, cited, ii, 84, note.
Burton, J. H., cited, ii, 286, note.
Burton, Robert, his allusion to comets,
i, i8r. Cited, 181, note.
Busaeus, Father, his attitude toward science,
i, 133.
Butler, Bishop, critici.sm of, i, 44. His
logic powerless against
the scientific
spirit, 49.
.Butler, C, cited, ii, 308, note.
Buttner, his Comet Hour-Book, i, 185.
Cited, 185, note.
Buxtorf, John, the younger, on the
divine origin of the Hebrew vowel
points, ii, 178. On the sacred character
of Hebrew, 185. Cited, 188, note.
Byzantine Empire, development of
medical science in, ii, 26.
Caaba, black stone of the, at Mecca, legend
of, ii, 217.
Cabanis, cited, ii, 3, note.
Caccini, Father, his sermon against
mathematicians, i, 133.
Caddo, Michael, torture and execution
of, ii, 75.
Caedmon, his influence, i, 4.
Caesar, Julius, supernatural announcement
of his death, i, 173.
Csesarius of Heisterbach, his opinion regarding
the earth's centre, i, 99. On
thunder and lightning as instruments
of divine punishment, 332. His storj'
of a money-lender's punishment, ii,
268. Cited, i, 333, note.
Caesars, supernatural announcement of
their births, i, 172.
Caetani, M., his atlas of the cosmology
of Dante, i, 118, note.
Cahier and Martin, cited, i, 36, note ;
ii. III, note.
Cairo, museum of Egyptian art in, i, 261.
Imprint of Mohammed's feet on stones
in, ii, 212.
Caius, Dr., on sanitary precautions, ii,
82, 90,
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Cajetan, on the three languages of the
inscription on the cross, ii, 180.
Calculate, the origin of the word a proof
of man's evolution, i, 308.
Calculus, mediaeval cures for, ii, 42.
Calef, his influence against belief in
witchcraft, i, 362. His discussion of
the Salem witchcraft, ii, 128, 153.
Popularity of his book, 154. Cited,
152, note.
Calendar, Gregorian, God's wrath against,
i. 333-
Calf, monstrous, Luther's interpretation
of its signification, ii, 307.
Calfhill, his objection to the baptism of
bells, i, 348, note.
Calganini, his presentation of Copemicus's
theory, i, 124.
Calixt, his views regarding the waters
above the firmament, i, 98.
Calixtus III, Pope, his alarm concerning
the comet of 1456, i, 1 77, and note ; 204.
His decretal against Jewish physicians,
ii, 44-
Calmeil, cited, ii, 98, note ; 99, note ; 106,
note ; 120, note ; 121, note ; 143, note ;
156, note.
Calmet, on the origin of species, i, 47.
His theory of fossils, 226. On discrepancies
of testimony regarding Lot's
wife's statue, ii, 233, 257. Cited, i, 172,
note ; 226, note ; ii, 257, note.
Calovius (or Calov), his denunciation of
the Copernican system, i, 147. His
activity against witches, ii, 75. His
biblical interpretations, 307. Cited,
182, note.
Calthrop, S. R., cited, i, 87, note.
Calvary, as the centre of the earth, i, 100.
Calves, golden, description of, among
the animals of Holy Scripture, i, 40.
Calvin, his views on the creation, i, 8, 26.
On the shape of the earth, 97, 98. His
attack on Servetus for expressing geographical
truths, 113. His condemna-
tion of the Copernican theory, 127.
His views on demoniacal possession,
ii, 115, 116. His charge against Ser^
vetus, 237. His belief in the lawful-
His atti-
ness of taking interest, 273.
tude toward biblical criticism, 307.
His persecution of Castellio for throw
ing light on Solomon's Song,
Cited, i, 10, note ; 28, note ; ii,
note.
325,
277,
Cambridge, hostility of its clergy to Dr.
Priestley, i, 149. Prejudice against
scientific study at, 406. Recent progress
of biblical research at, ii, 359.
Cambridge (Mass.), Agassiz's museum at,
i, 694.