Ch. 20 P. 2

What got my interest from this reading was how Edward Blyden depicted the European interest in nature.  He mentions that Europe only has an interest in nature to exploit it and how Europeans lost their, “profound religious sensibility.”  I thought that this was interesting because I feel that it was something that was taking place during colonialism across the world, not just in Africa.  Because Europeans were only seeking monetary gain along with power they seemed to have no control over what they should take over and what they shouldn’t.  If they had the guts to injure and kill native people because they were not producing enough labor, they clearly had no emotions towards nature and its preservation.  Their religious beliefs I feel remained strong but their religious sensibility was what was lacking because they did not practice what they preached or believe in accordingly to the church.