text_original: For years with his fellows at Oxford, with _Times_ correspondents in different continental cities, with a host of scattered acquaintances of various points of view, he had played the fascinating game of speculation and forecast that traps every student of history and politics who in the last forty years has spent any length of time in any great continental center.
text_transcription: FOR YEARS WITH HIS FELLOWS AT OXFORD WITH TIMES CORRESPONDENTS IN DIFFERENT CONTINENTAL CITIES WITH A HOST OF SCATTERED ACQUAINTANCES OF VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW HE HAD PLAYED THE FASCINATING GAME OF SPECULATION AND FORECAST THAT TRAPS EVERY STUDENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICS WHO IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS HAS SPENT ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN ANY GREAT CONTINENTAL CENTRE
phonemes: fɔːɹ jˈɪɹz wɪð hɪz fˈɛloʊz æɾ ˈɑːksfɚd, wɪð tˈaɪmz kˌɔːɹɪspˈɑːndənts ɪn dˈɪfɹənt kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl sˈɪɾiz, wɪð ɐ hˈoʊst ʌv skˈæɾɚd ɐkwˈeɪntənsᵻz ʌv vˈɛɹiəs pˈɔɪnts ʌv vjˈuː, hiː hæd plˈeɪd ðə fˈæsᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ ɡˈeɪm ʌv spˌɛkjʊlˈeɪʃən ænd fˈɔːɹkæst ðæt tɹˈæps ˈɛvɹi stˈuːdənt ʌv hˈɪstɚɹi ænd pˈɑːlətˌɪks hˌuː ɪnðə lˈæst fˈɔːɹɾi jˈɪɹz hɐz spˈɛnt ˌɛni lˈɛŋθ ʌv tˈaɪm ɪn ˌɛni ɡɹˈeɪt kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl sˈɛntɚ.