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Revolution is the ultimate test for survival of the fittest.
In times of stormy social change, intense competition is generated among leaders of forces seeking that change and, inevitably, one man emerges alone at the top. Sometimes this process is peaceful but that is the exception rather than the rule. The American Revolution that led to the installation of Washington as the republic's first president was accomplished without bloodshed. The situation was different in France and Russia. By the time Napoleon assumed power, such earlier revolutionary leaders as Danton, Robespierre and St. Just had all died on the guillotine.