John William Draper: "Saya harus menyesalkan cara sistematis di mana l...

"Saya harus menyesalkan cara sistematis di mana literatur Eropa terus mengabaikan kewajiban kita kepada orang-orang Muhammad. Tentunya mereka tidak bisa disembunyikan lagi. Ketidakadilan yang dibangun atas dasar dendam agama dan kesombongan nasional tidak dapat diabadikan selamanya. Orang Arab telah meninggalkan kesan intelektualnya di Eropa. Dia tak terhapuskan menulisnya di surga karena siapa pun dapat melihat siapa yang membaca nama-nama bintang di dunia surgawi yang umum."

--- John William Draper

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans. Surely they cannot be much longer hidden. Injustice founded on religious rancour and national conceit cannot be perpetuated forever. The Arab has left his intellectual impress on Europe. He has indelibly written it on the heavens as any one may see who reads the names of the stars on a common celestial globe.