I.e., in this state of revolution and tumult. Remember that Charles Gould's motivation
is no longer based on creating an ideal society to relieve the suffering peoples
of the land. It has become concentrated entirely on the moral meaning of the mine,
which he is prepared to defend by exploding the silver mountain, whatsoever be
the calamities to the people. What is leaving them is not so much the man, but
the unifying ideal.