Merrill

This was a comment on the effect of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia on the Russian culture. Towles' character had been discussing Darwinism and how usually, changes in evolution occur with glacial slowness. He was pointing out that despite this, given certain circumstances, environment, and the human factor, changes can instead occur with lightning speed. His comment was about the "Party" members after the Bolshevik Revolution and how they didn't stop to consider, the impact of changes they were making, they just wanted to make changes as quickly as possible. However, it can be applied to world leaders today as well.