celebrations of 'Primrose Day,' April 19, the anniversary of his
death, are sufficient proof that this great statesman's services to
the British Empire are not yet forgotten.

Lord Beaconsfield, whom she regarded with sincere affection,
possessed a remarkable influence over the Queen, for the simple
reason that he never forgot to treat her as a woman. He was noted
throughout his life for his chivalry to the opposite sex, and his
devotion to his wife was very touching.

He was a firm believer in the power of the Crown for good. "The proper
leader of the people," he declared, "is the individual who sits upon
the throne." He wished the Sovereign to be in a position to rule as
well as to reign, to be at one with the nation, above the quarrels
and differences of the political parties, and to be their
representative.

When quite a young man, he declared that he would one day be Prime
Minister, and with this end in view he entered Parliament against
the wishes of his family. He was an untiring worker all his life,
and a firm believer in action. "Act, act, act without ceasing, and
you will no longer talk of the vanity of life," was his creed.

His ideas on education were original, and he did everything in his
power to improve the training of the young. In 1870 he supported the
great measure for a scheme of national education. Some years earlier
he declared that "it is an absolute necessity that we should study
to make every man the most effective being that education can
possibly constitute him. In the old wars there used to be a story
that one Englishman could beat three members of some other nation.
But I think if we want to maintain our power, we ought to make one
Englishman equal really in the business of life to three other men
that any other nation can furnish. I do not see otherwise how . . .
we can fulfil the great destiny that I believe awaits us, and the
great position we occupy."

He did more than any other Minister to raise the Crown to the position
it now occupies, and no monarch ever had a more devoted and faithful
servant. His high standard of morals and his force of character
especially appealed to the English people, and his loyalty to his
friends and colleagues remained unshaken throughout his whole life.
He impressed not only his own countrymen, but also foreigners, with
his splendid gifts of imagination and foresight.

Bismarck, the man of 'blood and iron,' who welded the disunited
states of Germany