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Chapter 21 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the laws governing the development and influence of sacred literature, like the origin of man and the progress of higher criticism literature. It stresses on the significance of historic literature and development of scientific atmosphere during the last three centuries.

Chapter 19 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores the universal belief in the sin of loaning money at interest, condemnation of the practice by the Old and New Testaments and by the Church fathers. It highlights the evil results of the prohibition of loans at interest, the distinction between usury and interest, and the final retreat of the Catholic Church. It cites condemnation of usury in Italy.

Chapter 18 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the growth of myths related to various natural phenomena, including mountains, fossils and volcanoes and mentions about the development of comparative mythology. It discusses the mythological stories related to the Dead Sea in Israel and Jordan and highlights the acceptance of scientific explanations for the natural phenomena by the Church.

Chapter 17 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores the sacred theories related to comparative philology, the legend of the Tower of Babel, and theological theory supporting Hebrew as a primitive tongue. It highlights legends of confusion of tongues, gradual disappearance of the old theories regarding the origin of speech and writing, and acceptance of the new theories by all Christian scholars.

Chapter 16 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the ancient views related to mental disorders that were considered epidemics of diabolic possession and mentions about the inability of science during the fifteenth century to cope with such diseases. It also discusses various attempts made by medical science to demonstrate the theory behind mental diseases.

Chapter 15 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores the demoniacal theory of insanity, its association to evil spirits, and the struggle for the scientific treatment of the insane. It highlights the growth of exorcism and belief in the transformation of human beings into animals. It discusses the influence of French philosophy on the belief in demoniacal possession.

Chapter 14 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the ancient theological views related to epidemics and sanitation and states that epidemics were considered as the wrath of unseen powers. It mentions about gradual decay in the ancient beliefs regarding sanitation and development of sanitary science and discusses the change in the attitude of the Church towards the cause and cure of epidemics.

Chapter 13 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the early, sacred theories of evolution including the belief behind supernatural intervention in causing and curing disease, and beginnings of a scientific theory of medicine. It discusses the influence of Christianity on the healing art. It highlights the theological opposition to seeking cure and medicinal properties of sacred places.

Chapter 12 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the belief of primitive people in magic and the development of science. It mentions about the role of philosophers Plato and Aristotle in the growth of science and the development of mystic theology. It states that a new epoch in chemistry was started by chemist Robert Boyle and the opposition received incurred upon the education of science.

Chapter 12 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the beliefs of classical antiquity regarding storms, thunder, and theories regarding the rainbow and the causes of storms, and development of a sacred science of meteorology by the fathers of the Church. It explores the meteorological phenomena attributed to the witch superstition. It discusses the doctrine of the diabolical origin of storms.

Chapter 10 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the evolution of man and the history of art, as depicted through the architecture. It discusses various historic facts like the decline of several civilizations and the role of anthropology in development of religion.

Chapter 4 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the ancient superstitions regarding comets, meteors and ellipses and presents the difference between scientific and theological philosophy behind various heavenly phenomena. It mentions that several astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus provided skepticism to the Church's philosophy.

Chapter 8 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the ancient views regarding the life of man on the earth and the theory of man's fall as views by the Christian Church. It also discusses various discoveries made regarding the antiquity of man, like the finding of human skulls in Quaternary deposits and remains of human handiwork.

Chapter 7 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores the role of early beliefs regarding thunder-stones, the stone pieces dug from the earth and their identification with the implements of prehistoric man. It highlights the evidence of man's existence in the Drift period, the early Quaternary and the Tertiary periods. It mentions the role of several noted people on theology including Mellor Brown.

Chapter 6 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the scientific and theological views related to the origin of man and the influence of egyptology on the belief in man's antiquity. It also discusses the influence of the science of egyptology on biblical chronology and the opposition in England related to the new chronology.

A preface for the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented.

Chapter 9 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores the relation between the fall of man and ethnology, and the impact of ethnology upon the question of the material, intellectual, moral, and religious evolution of the human race, in every civilized nation. It discusses the beginnings of the science of Comparative Ethnology. It highlights the evidences reflecting upward tendency of mankind.

Chapter 3 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the old sacred theory of the universe and the heliocentric theory. It explores the development of the new scared system of astronomy and its persistence to modern times. It discusses the battles over the relations of the visible heavens to the earth and the astronomer Galileo Galilei's views on Copernican theory.

Chapter 2 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It focuses on the beliefs of ancient people regarding the geographical aspects of the planet Earth. It states that primitive conception was that the Earth is flat and discusses the notion of people from different areas. It mentions that the concept of Earth's sphericity first evolved among the Greeks and highlights the opposition received by it from the Church.

Chapter 1 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom," by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the ancient and medieval views regarding the manner, matter, time, and date of creation. It explores the role of rise of the conception of an evolution among the Chaldeans, the Hebrews, the Greeks, the Romans, and its progression from the middle ages to the development in modern times. It also discusses theological and scientific theories of evolution.

Chapter 5 of the book "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It highlights the geological theories of early theologians, attitude of the Church towards Science and efforts to suppress the scientific view. It explores the development of geology mainly under Church guidance, the theory related to the flood of Noah, and the challenges faced by traditional theory of the Deluge by the discovery of the Chaldean accounts.

Chapter 51 of the book "Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White" Volume II by Andrew Dickson White is presented. It explores Andrew's fondness in traveling in the U.S. and in different parts of the world. He relates his first journey together with his parents in a little country town where they lived to Syracuse, Buffalo, and Niagara in New York.

Chapter LIV of the book "Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II" is presented. White writes his experiences during his visit in Egypt, Greece, and Turkey in 1888-1889. These include his stay on the Nile, where he had talks with Brugsch Bey on royal mummies, had excursions in Athens with Walker Fearne and Professor Mahaffy of Trinity College, Dublin, and was impressed with the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople.

Chapter LXI of the book "Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White" is presented. It highlights the professorship of the author in the State University of Michigan and as vestryman of St. Andrew's Church at Ann Arbor. A discussion of the author's observations and analogy of his studies on the relation of religion and science is presented.

Chapter LIX of the book "Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White" is presented. It explores the author's religious college life in the midst of congregationalism in New Haven, Connecticut. It highlights the author's views on the prevailing orthodoxy in the U.S. and the personalities that influenced him including the liberal congregationalists from New York, Brooklyn, and Boston.

Chapter LVII of the book "Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II" is presented. It explores the plans and projects that White made in 1838-1905. These include his preparations for his lectures on French Revolution, his project books "The Warfare of Humanity with Unreason," and "How Can Wealthy Americans Best Use Their Money," and gave lectures on "The Problem of High Crime in the United States."