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of Spanish Mohammedan-Greek learning. Toledo still possesses 

 some of its Arabian walls and gateways, and Seville its lovely 

 Giralda " the first astronomical observatory in Europe " and 

 its Tower of Gold ; but it is only in the Alhambra of Granada 

 that any adequate vision can be had of Mohammedan life and 

 influence in Spain. Here the quiet, the seclusion, the rich orna- 

 mentation, and the music of abundant running waters, still com- 

 municate an impression of wealth, taste, and power, and suggest 

 possibilities of uninterrupted study and an intellectual life. Else- 

 where, evidences of the Mohammedan love of inquiry, of libraries, 

 of decoration, and even of fruits and gardens, have been almost 

 wholly blotted out. 



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BALL. Chapter IX. 



BERRY. Chapter III. 



DRAPER. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. Vol. II. 



DREYER. Chapter XI. 



HUME, M. History of the Spanish People. 



MARCH PHILLIPS. In the Desert. 



GIBBON. Decline and Fall. 



