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This paper considers two second order linear systems on a Hilbert space \(H\) as follows. \[ \ddot y(t)-B\dot y(t)+Ay(t)=0,\;y(0)=y_0,\;\dot y(0)=y_1,\tag{1} \] \[ \ddot y(t)+Ay(t)= Du(t),\;y(0)=y_0,\;\dot y(0)=y_1,\tag{2} \] where \(A\) is a positive definite selfadjoint operator on \(H,B\) is a non-negative symmetric linear operator on \(H,D\) is a linear operator from a Hilbert space \(U\) to \(H\). Under some general assumptions, the authors show several useful relations between the asymptotic stability of (1) and the controllability of (2). Some necessary and sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of (1) or for the controllability of (2) are also obtained.