Volume - The Clarence Darrow Collection

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quests of the Turks in Europe accompanied
by a comet, 177. Opinions
of the Scottish Church on, 180.
efforts to crush the scien-
Theological
tific view of, 183-196. Appearance
of scepticism regarding, 196-202. Vic-
tory of the scientific view regarding,
202-208. Passage of the earth through
the tail of a, 206. Effects of the victo-
ry of the scientific over the theological
theory of comets, 207, 208. Terror
caused by them, ii, 68.
Commerce, prohibition of, with infidels,
ii, 285.
Commons, House of, on the law of usury,
ii, 268.
Comte, his law of wills and causes, ii,
169, 170, 290.
"Conception billets," use of them as
protection
342
against the elements, i,
Concina, cited, ii, 279, note.
Condillac, on the origin of language,
ii, 199.
Cone, O., cited, ii, 386, note ; 390, note.
Confessions of witchcraft, under torture,
i. 352, 353 ; ii, 76, 77, 118, 119. How
obtained in Salem, 151, 152.
Confucius, his formulation of the golden
rule, ii, 293.
its decree
Congregation of the Index,
against the doctrine of the earth's mo-
tion, i, 124, note ; 138.
Conservatory
of Arts and Trades at
Paris, foundation of, i, 412.
Constans, cited, ii, 163, note.
Constantine, his law against magic, i,
383. Donation of, proved a fraud, ii,
303, 316.
Constantine Africanus, charge of sorcery
against,
Constantinople, treatment of the insane
ii, 38.
in, ii, 132.
Contemporary Review, cited, i, 252, note ;
ii, 364, note.
Contieri, cited, ii, 385, note.
Conto, Diego, on the similarity between
Buddha and St. Josaphat, ii, 382.
Contradictions in the Bible, light thrown
by the higher criticism on, ii, 389.
Contzen, Adam, his demand for the punishment
of lenders at interest, ii, 277.
Convents, their influence on mental diseases,
ii, 121, 140, 141, 143, 156. Epidemic
of Satanic possession in the
Ursuline Convent at Loudun, "143-145.
In a convent in Wiirzbui^, 156.
Convulsions, epidemics of, ii, 136, 155-
158. 163.
Conybeare, Dean, denunciation of him
as an infidel, i, 223.
INDEX.
Cook, Captain, his expedition for scien-
tific discovery, i, 149.
Cope, scientific activity of, i, 70.
Copenhagen, archaeological museum at,
J. 293.
Copernicus, results of his work, i, 15, 49.
Difficulties in his way, 22. Recent
attitude of the Catholic Church toward,
82. His announcement of the heliocentric
doctrine, 121. His danger at
Rome, 122, note. His departure from
Rome, 121. His work on The Kei'olutions
of the Heavenly Bodies, 122.
Difficulties regarding its publication,
122, 123, and note. His death, 123.
His epitaph, 124. His work condemned,
124. Ridicule of him by Protestants,
128. On the phases of Venus,
130 His works interdicted, 138. Un-
veiling of his statue at Warsaw, 156.
His scepticism regarding the old view
of comets, 178. New epoch of belief
brought in by, 249, 284. Effect of his
work on Bible stories, ii, 208. Luther'-
argument against, 305.
Coprolite, Bishop Kenner on the, i, 81.
Coquelin and Guillaumin's Dictionnaire^
cited, ii, 271, note.
Coral reefs, Darwin's book on, i, 66.
Corey, Giles, his horrible death for refusing
to plead when charged with
witchcraft, ii, 151.
Corinthians, cited, ii, 28, note ; 68, note.
Com, Indian, its cultivation a proof of
man's unassisted development, i, 305.
Cornell University, grotesques in illa-
minated manuscripts at, i, 36, note.
Agassiz's influence on, 69.
Comely, St., fate of the soldiers who
sought to kill, ii, 216.
Corpus Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicatd,
cited, ii, 269, note ; 277, note.
Correspondance de Grimm et de Diderttt
cited, ii, 57, note.
Cosmas Indicopleustes, his teaching i^
garding the form of the earth, i, 93-9S
On the antipodes, 104. Results of ha
efforts to crush scientific thought, ic
On the movements of the heaven
bodies, 115. His cosmography.
His allegorical interpretations of Scr
ture, ii, 294, 296. Cited, i, 115, no
326, note.
Cosmo, St., miracles of, ii, 23, 42.
Councils, Church, their condemnation^
the taking of interest, ii, 266, 278.
the Russian Church, revision of
Slavonic Scriptures promulgated
309-
Cowper, on geological research, i, 232a
Cox, G. W., cited, i, 171, note