Why did Rainer Maria Rilke leave military school before graduating?

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Rainer Maria Rilke was enrolled in military schools in Sankt Pölten and Mährisch-Weisskirchen as part of a plan to secure him a social standing that his father had been unable to achieve. However, these institutions were fundamentally ill-suited to his sensitive nature. Ultimately, Rilke was forced to leave the military school system prematurely due to poor health.1

He later described his time in these military schools as a period of "merciless affliction" and a "primer of horror".1