``At the sight of this temple, one feels one's spirit crushed, one's imagination
surpassed. One looks, one admires, and, seized with respect, one is silent. For where are
the words to praise a work of art that may not have its equal anywhere on the globe? ...
What genius this Michalangelo of the East had, that he was capable of concaving such a
work.'' (Le Tour du Monde, 2-1863-299).