"England" with him meant not merely that part of Great Britain which lies south of the Tweed, but all the dominions of the Sovereign, the British Empire as a whole.

What Seeley called the expansion of England was to him the chief fact of the present, and the chief problem of the future.

Events since his death have vindicated his foresight.

He urged and predicted the Australian Federation, which he did not live to see.

To the policy which impeded the Federation of South Africa he was steadily opposed.