| Once upon a time there was a modest teacher Coquillon.
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| He loved to indulge in science.
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| Bow to the ground for being in love with chemistry,
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| And at night, Coquillon was chemistry over something.
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| But, the martyr of science is persecuted and destitute,
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| Always in the eyes of the crowd he is a charlatan alchemist, -
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| And he was fired from his favorite school in no time,
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| Or rather, a misunderstood titan was kicked out in three necks.
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| Titan kept the laboratory
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| And there he created and thought and dared.
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| For nothing, not for a million, in a two-day broth
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| He managed to throw everything he had, the great Coquillon.
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| Yes, we would have thrown stones at Newton,
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| We would be covered in tar for such a thing!
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| But the case did not allow spitting on Coquillon, -
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| Once, jelly fermented in the infernal mixture.
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| The broth of the inventor shook, -
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| He was nothing: neither liquid nor gas.
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| And he was embarrassed and shocked, and even surprised.
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| “Hey! |
| Haha! |
| Oh eureka!" exclaimed Coquillon.
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| For three days he had fun playing the piano,
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| At the very bottom, in dry wine, he was looking for the truth ...
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| Suddenly he said distinctly: "What the devil! .." -
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| And with a firm gait he walked towards the house.
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| He was prone to thoughts and dreams during the day,
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| But passions boiled in him at night.
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| And now, directed to the search, incinerated by a dream,
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| At one point, Coquillon joined the experiment.
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| His soul asked, and his flesh wanted
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| To reach the truth, to the goal and to the bottom, -
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| Check the condition of the mysterious body,
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| Find out what he is: it or she?
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| But there was a flaw in this experience -
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| Forgot the fanatic tightly about the crane.
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| In pursuit of discovery, he was too inflamed -
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| And suddenly he mistakenly pressed the Coquillon fender.
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| And he shouted, insane: “Yes, this is a colloid!
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| This is not a liquid, brothers, but a colloidal gas!”
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| So, flashing in science, like an asteroid in the sky,
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| It exploded and died out in a hiss untimely.
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| And so - so in this gas he lies,
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| The people value his discovery.
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| But he is not dead - he is lulled - he will be awakened
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| Through the centuries. |
| Sleep for now, great Coquillon!
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| And we, bowing our knees, look reverently.
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| There are few like him - four in a million!
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| Take Newton, Bohr and old Einstein,
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| Here are three great men - the fourth - Coquillon! |