translate English to French: At six years old my pupil was not so very unlike yours, whom you had not yet had time to disfigure. Now there is nothing in common between them; and when they reach the age of manhood, which is now approaching, they will show themselves utterly different from each other, unless all my pains have been thrown away.
[902:] Or, si, selon cette méthode, vous suivez dès l’enfance un jeune homme qui n’aura point reçu de forme particulière, et qui tiendra le moins qu’il est possible à l’autorité et à l’opinion d’autrui, à qui, de mon élève ou des vôtres, pensez-vous qu’il ressemblera le plus?