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Original Text:
L'ÉDUCATION D'ACHILE.
L'Inflexible Chiron fesait chaque matin
Endéver bien souvent son élève mutin.
Las! que de professeurs rompent nos jeunes têtes,
Et sans être sans torts, sont plus qu'à moitié bêtes!

Iliade, Traduction philosophique de Mr. Patin.

Translation:
EDUCATION OF ACHILLES.
Stern Chiron spanks pupils each morning
Creates deep feeling scorning
Alas... teachers break our young heads every day
While being themsellves full of fault and dismay!

(The Iliad, philosophical translation by Mr. Patin)


Each morning the unyielding Chiron
Would torment his rebellious student.
Alas! how many teachers destroy our young minds,
And far from being without fault, are more bestly than not!