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Using a standard adjoint argument based on an injective system of Hilbert spaces, the approximate controllability of non-autonomous equations of the form \[ {d^2y\over dt^2}+ A_2(t){dy\over dt}+ A_1(t)y= Bv\quad\text{in }(0,T) \] is proved, under the usual coercivity-type conditions. The results are applied to systems defined by partial differential equations; for example, of the type \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} {\partial^2\over\partial t^2} y(v)+ A_2(t){\partial\over\partial t} y(v)+ A_1(t)y(v) & = v &&\quad\text{in }Q,\\ y(v) & = 0 &&\quad\text{on }\Sigma,\\ y(v; 0,x) & = {\partial\over\partial t} y(v; 0,x)= 0 &&\quad\text{in }\Omega.\end{alignedat} \] {}.