Disraeli’s vision of Empire included symbolic elements that influenced future policies.

Evidence

Disraeli’s Oriental, almost mystical, approach to Empire, his emphasis on Imperial symbols, his belief in the importance of outward display, gave his policy an imaginative colour never achieved by his successors. … His purpose was to make those colonies which he had once condemned as “millstones round our necks” sparkle like diamonds. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1867

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1867