India on Parade (1937)

James A. FitzPatrick: Self - Narrator

Quotes 

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  James A. FitzPatrick : Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the Taj Mahal is its atmosphere of newness. For almost three hundred years, it has stood as we see it here, yet it appears untouched by time, symbolizing as it were the eternal spirit of love which was its inspiration - the love of a man for a woman. And even now, under the magic spell of romance, we may hear the voice of the maiden who lies within its marble shroud, plaintively calling for the spirit of her loved one, Shah Jahan.

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  James A. FitzPatrick : This is India, cradle of mysticism, religion and civilization, where for untold centuries, the destiny of man has been determined by a religious system which classifies and regulates the birth, life and death of almost a fourth of the world's population.

• James A. FitzPatrick : It is said that the attachment of a mother monkey to her young has no parallel in the whole animal kingdom, for only the death of a mother can possibly separate her from her babies.

• James A. FitzPatrick : The art of painting elephants with watercolors is an exalted profession, requiring most unusual imagination and skill.