Unbelief, characteristic of all our most powerful men, iii. 253; modern English, “God is, but cannot rule,” v. [347].
Unity, type of Divine comprehensiveness, ii. 50, 52, 56, 152, 153; in nature, i. 398; apparent proportion, a cause of, ii. 57, 64; instinct of, a faculty of the associative imagination, ii. 151.
Utility, definition of, ii. 4; of art, ii. 3; of details in poetry, iii. 8; of pictures, iii. 125, 142; of mountains, iv. 91.
Valleys, Alpine beauty of, iv. 311, 316; gloom in, iv. 326; English, iv. 297; French, i. 129, iv. 297.
Variety, necessity of, arises out of that of unity, ii. 53-55; love of, ii. 55; when most conspicuous, i. 213; in nature, i. 55, 65, 169, 198, 219, 224, 291.
Vapor, v. [109], [120], [127], [129].
Vegetables, ideal form in, ii. 107.
Vegetation, truth of, i. 384, 408; process of form in, v. [78]; in forest-lands, v. [133]; appointed service of, v. [2]; in sculpture, v. [35].
Velocity in execution, i. 37, ii. 187 (note); sacrifice of truth to, i. 38.
Venetian art (“The Wings of the Lion”), v. [209], [214]; conquest of evil, v. [214], seq., 217, 229; scenery, v. [214], [217]; idea of beauty, v. [294]; faith, v. [219]; religious liberty, v. [214]; mind, perfection of, v. [227]; contempt of poverty, v. [289]; unworthy purposes of, v. [227]; reverence, the Madonna in the house, v. [223]-228.