DISRAELI'S greatest achievement-though he would never have confessed it and would, indeed, have been harrowed to hear it suspected-was that he could give to a body of men, coalescing politically in a mood almost of dislike, an active entity and a moving spirit. The death of Palmerston left a bad gap in the Liberal ranks. More and more inclined to make the nation healthy, wealthy, and wise, they had no answer to the question, What for ? It was Disraeli who gave them the answer; to be an empire that the world must listen to when it spoke.