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noted simultaneously with the death of a
great ruler, or an eclipse with a scourge of
plague, these might well be looked upon as
causes in the same sense that the veering or
backing of the wind is regarded as a cause
of fine or foul weather.
For these reasons we find that the earnest
men of all ages have recorded the occur-
rence of comets, eclipses, new stars, me-
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