185. I cannot but, in conclusion, most respectfully but most earnestly, express my hope that measures may be soon taken by the Lords Spiritual of England to assure her doubting mind of the real existence of that supernatural revelation of the basis of morals to which the Bishop of Peterborough referred in the close of his paper; or at least to explain to her bewildered populace the real meaning and force of the Ten Commandments, whether written originally by the finger of God or Man. To me personally, I own, as one of that bewildered populace, that the essay by one of our most distinguished members on the Creed of Christendom seems to stand in need of explicit answer from our Divines; but if not, and the common application of the terms "Word of God" to the books of Scripture be against all question tenable, it becomes yet more imperative on the interpreters of that Scripture to see that they are not made void by our traditions, and that the Mortal sins of Covetousness, Fraud, Usury, and contention be not the essence of a National life orally professing submission to the laws of Christ, and satisfaction in His Love.
"Thou shalt not covet; but tradition Approves all forms of Competition."
[Transcriber's note: entries here of page numbers followed by _n._ should indicate that references will be found in a note on that page number. However, most of these references to notes on particular pages are inaccurate. The direct page number links, however, are accurate.]
(_The references are made to the numbered paragraphs, not to the pages, and are thus applicable to every edition of the book since that of 1880._)
Accuracy and depth of study, distinct, 1857 _pref._
Admiration, increase of, a test of progress in art, 167.
Almshouses, decoration of, 115. " prejudice of poor against, 129-30.
America, absence of great art in, 87. " bad shipbuilding in, 112 _n._ " commercial panic in, 151.
Ancestors, respect for their work insisted on, 72.
Architecture, Gothic, sculpture to be in easiest materials, 34. " " to be studied at Verona, 76. " variety in, to be demanded, 32. " " cheapens the price, _ib._
Arethusa, the, and the Belle-Poule engraving, 147.
Art, cheap, its purchase, 40. " " great art not to be too cheap, and why, 62 _seq._ " demand for good, and the possibility of having too much, 38. " dress, beauty of, essential to good art, 54. " education in (author's paper on), 153 _seq._ " function of, to exalt as well as to please, 38. " -gift and art-study, 172. " good, to be lasting in its materials and power, 39. " " to be done for and be worthy of all time, 46. " great, the expression of a great soul, 136. " has laws, which must be recognised, 157. " -intellect in a nation, cannot be created, 20-1. " its debt to Italy, 82. " labour and, 19. " " the labour to be various, easy, permanent, 31 _seq._ " literature and, the cost of, 67. " love of old, essential to produce new, 88. " materials of, to be lasting, 39, 42. " models in art schools, 162-4. " modern interest in, 168. " " " objects of, and old pictures, 86. " original work, the best to buy, 41. " permanency of--e.g., a painted window, 37. " -power a gift, 158. " " in a nation, how to produce, 132. " " waste of, on perishable things, 45. " preservation of works of, 73-4. " " (1857) more important than production, 92. " price of good, 41. See s. Pictures. " progress in, tested by increased imagination, 167. " public to demand noble subjects of, 29. " " effect of public demand on, 165. " repetition in, monotonous, 32. " schools, trial, 22-3. " " provincial, to have good art-models, 169. " students, 153 seq. " -study will not "pay," 174. " test of good, will it please a century hence? 39. " value of, depends on artist's capacity, not education, 136. " variety of work, 32. " work, hard, needed for, 158. " works of, illustrate each other, 63. " works of, property in, 147. " " provincial distribution of, 169. " " their conservative effect, 132 _n._ " " to be lasting, 36. See s. Admiration, America, Architecture, Arethusa, Aretê, Artist, Beauty, Buildings, Cheapness, Colour, Criticism, Design, Diletto, Drawing, Dress, Education, Europe, Florence, France, Genius, Glass, Gold, Goldsmiths, Historical painting, Indian shawls, Italy, Jewels, Labour, Lace, Lombard, Marble, Mosaic, Painter, Philosophy, Pictures, Reverence, Schools, Trade, Wall-paper, War, Water colour, Wealth, Woodcuts.