This means that although you take the world away from someone to have all the glory, the thought is still there that is justified, wanting something strong enough that people can make "sacrafices" to it. This could be a quote on justice and imperialism in the sense that the "sacrafices" made would be those who are forced into this new way of life, "because their noses are flatter" and the thought of domination was justifed by needing something to command and rule.
Marlow talks a lot about maps, saying that if he saw white space on one, he would plan to discover a land mass himself. "But there was one yet--the biggest, the most blank, so to speak--that I had a hankering after." Fulfillment, in Marlow's eyes, is conquering another land mass, even with natives, showing how he supports colonialism in this effort as well. You can't have expansion without it.
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