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Lawrence Summers announced his resignation as president of Harvard, the last upheaval of equal magnitude at the university was 140 years ago. From 1846 to 1868, Harvard had five consecutive presidents whose short-lived and frustrating tenures evoke Mr. Summers's five-year stint. When Larry Summers, through a series of perceived missteps and affronts, lost the support of the most vocal part of the faculty, the Harvard Corporation could not really have saved him even if it wanted to, because it was no longer clear who was in charge.