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...Robert Darnton ’60, director of the University library, emphasized the motion’s importance in opening up Harvard’s resources...
...commonwealth, in which ideas would flow freely in all directions. Harvard’s motion represents only one step toward this goal. But it shows how the new technology can make it possible to realize an old ideal, a republic of letters in which citizenship extends to everyone. Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library...
...first song in the program, a “lovely lyrical song,” was followed by a second, parodied version that, according to Darnton, helped topple the French government...
...Darnton said that at a dinner Maurepas attended, Madame de Pompadour—the king’s mistress—gave white hyacinths to the king...
...Pompadour] was a great target because of her maiden name, ‘puissant,’ or fish,” Darnton said. “The [Parisians] couldn’t resist the temptation for puns...