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This paper discusses the absolute stability of a direct control system with delay-time as follows: \[ \dot x(t)= Ax(t)+ Bx(t-\tau)+ bf(\sigma(t)),\quad \sigma(t)= c^Tx(t),\tag{1} \] where \(x,b,c\in \mathbb{R}^n\); \(\tau>0\); \(A,B\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}\); \(f(\sigma)\) is continuous; \(f(0)= 0\), \(\sigma f(\sigma)>0\) if \(\sigma>0\). The author proves that if \(A= aI\), \(B= dI\) with \(a+ d\neq 0\), where \(I\) is the identity, then a necessary and sufficient condition for the absololute stability of the trivial solution of (1) is that \(a+ d<0\), \(a- d\leq 0\), \(c^Tb\leq 0\).