Asia would forever remain a mystery to Europeans, and the British would not be able to maintain their global empire in the long run—hence a common European effort to colonise Africa was necessary.
而對於歐洲人來說，亞洲將永遠是一個謎，長遠來看，英國亦無法一直維持其全球帝國，因此歐洲國家要致力維護它們於非洲的殖民地。