As we age, we are bound to find comfort from the notion that it takes generations for a way of life to fade away... But under certain circumstances, the Count finally acknowledged, this process can occur in the comparative blink of an eye. Popular upheaval, political turmoil, industrial progress -- any combination of these can cause the evolution of a society to leapfrog generations, sweeping aside aspects of the past that might otherwise have lingered for decades. -- Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow (p 144)
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