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9. Thanks for that reference. Looks like a fascinating read. The Guardian Review:

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:38 PM

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/22/the-revolutionary-temper-by-robert-darnton-review-a-nation-at-breaking-point

By the end of this exhilarating book, Darnton has done so much more than provide an account of France during the dying decades of the monarchy. Ever since his breakthrough book of essays, The Great Cat Massacre, in 1984 he has concentrated on combining the forward thrust of narrative, or “event”, history with due concern for the deep structures of the past. Historically, these two distinct methodologies have positioned themselves sternly in opposition to one another, but here Darnton proves that it is possible to have the best of both worlds. The result is deep, rich and enthralling, and gets us as near as we probably ever can be to that elusive thing, the collective consciousness.

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See my reply #27 below. Justice matters. Sunday #36

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An excellent article, and one thing about human nature: is its' consistency. Uncle Joe Sunday #7

Thanks for that reference. Looks like a fascinating read. The Guardian Review: erronis Sunday #9

And the guillotines in the Place de la Revolution were the other side of the consistency of human nature. NT Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #10

I believe that's a possibility, but not a certainty, we have two distinct advantages over the French Uncle Joe Sunday #16

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