text_original: Did you hear him down in that spinney? It's a sweet place, this! I don't wonder Pendyce is fond of it. You're not a fisherman, I think? Did you ever watch a school of fishes coasting along a bank? How blind they are, and how they follow their leader! In our element we men know just about as much as the fishes do. A blind lot, Vigil! We take a mean view of things; we're damnably provincial!"
text_transcription: DID YOU HEAR HIM DOWN IN THAT SPINNEY IT'S A SWEET PLACE THIS I DON'T WONDER PENDISE IS FOND OF IT YOU'RE NOT A FISHERMAN I THINK DID YOU EVER WATCH A SCHOOL OF FISHES COASTING ALONG A BANK HOW BLIND THEY ARE AND HOW THEY FOLLOW THEIR LEADER IN OUR ELEMENT WE MEN KNOW JUST ABOUT AS MUCH AS THE FISHES DO A BLIND LOT IDEL WE TAKE A MEAN VIEW OF THINGS WE'RE DAMNABLY PROVINCIAL
phonemes: dˈɪd juː hˈɪɹ hˌɪm dˌaʊn ɪn ðæt spˈɪni? ɪts ɐ swˈiːt plˈeɪs, ðˈɪs! aɪ dˈoʊnt wˈʌndɚ pˈɛndaɪs ɪz fˈɑːnd ʌv ɪt. jʊɹ nˌɑːɾə fˈɪʃɚmən, aɪ θˈɪŋk? dˈɪd juː ˈɛvɚ wˈɑːtʃ ɐ skˈuːl ʌv fˈɪʃᵻz kˈoʊstɪŋ ɐlˈɔŋ ɐ bˈæŋk? hˌaʊ blˈaɪnd ðeɪ ɑːɹ, ænd hˌaʊ ðeɪ fˈɑːloʊ ðɛɹ lˈiːdɚ! ɪn ˌaʊɚɹ ˈɛlɪmənt wiː mˈɛn nˈoʊ dʒˈʌst ɐbˌaʊt æz mˈʌtʃ æz ðə fˈɪʃᵻz dˈuː. ɐ blˈaɪnd lˈɑːt, vˈɪdʒɪl! wiː tˈeɪk ɐ mˈiːn vjˈuː ʌv θˈɪŋz; wɪɹ dˈæməbli pɹəvˈɪnʃəl!"