In 1893 Stalin passed the exams to Tiflis seminary. He had no vocation — at the age of 13 he had read The Origin of Species and lost whatever belief in God he might have had -
I don’t know why that part was highlighted. As the article indicated he was the son of an abusive drunk, was that the reason for his ruthlessness? Was is his wife’s death? Was it a psychiatric reason? I think it was evil, pure and simple. But reading Darwin was the cause makes for a simple yet seemingly stupid arguement.