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From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: StarDate: May 12 Chaucer's Conjunction
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 02:13:42 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 02:13:42 1985
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> 
> Chaucer lived at a time when most literature was written in Latin.  He
> chose to write in the language of the common people -- what we today
> call English.  This was also during a time when superstitious people
> still believed that the movements of celestial objects affected people
> or things happening on Earth.
> 
> (c) Copyright 1984, 1985 McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin

Unfortunately, some people still believe that the lives of people on earth are
affected by the movements of celestial objects.  Ever heard of astrology?
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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