The Pull of the Stars
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If a lesson’s not learnt, I said, blame the student. But if it’s not taught right—or not taught at all—blame the teacher.
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That’s what influenza means, she said. Influenza delle stelle—the influence of the stars. Medieval Italians thought the illness proved that the heavens were governing their fates, that people were quite literally star-crossed.