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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 552 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INFLUENCE (See also:Late See also:Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in) , word whose See also:principal See also:modern meaning is that of See also:power, See also:control or See also:action affecting others, exercised, either covertly or without See also:INFLUENZA visible means or See also:direct See also:physical agency. It is one of those numerous terms of See also:astrology (q.v.) which have established themselves in current See also:language. From the stars was supposed to flow an ethereal stream which affected the course of events on the See also:earth and the fortunes and characters of men. For the See also:law as to " undue influence " see See also:CONTRACT.

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