text_original: The conflict can interest him only as spectacle, as the conflict between Bonaparte and the old order in Europe interested Goethe and Beethoven. The victory, whichever way it goes, will simply bring chaos nearer, and so set the stage for a genuine revolution later on, with (let us hope) a new feudalism or something better coming out of it, and a new Thirteenth Century at dawn. This seems to be the slow, costly way of the worst of habitable worlds.
text_transcription: THE CONFLICT CAN INTEREST HIM ONLY AS SPECTACLE AS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN BONAPARTE AND THE OLD ORDER IN EUROPE INTERESTS GERTA AND BEETHOVEN THE VICTORY WHICHEVER WAY IT GOES WILL SIMPLY BRING CHAOS NEARER AND SO SET THE STAGE FOR A GENUINE REVOLUTION LATER ON WITH LET US HOPE A NEW FEUDALISM OR SOMETHING BETTER COMING OUT OF IT AND A NEW THIRTEENTH CENTURY AT DAWN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE SLOW COSTLY WAY OF THE WORST OF HABITABLE WORLDS
phonemes: ðə kˈɑːnflɪkt kæn ˈɪntɹɛst hˌɪm ˈoʊnli æz spˈɛktəkəl, æz ðə kˈɑːnflɪkt bᵻtwˌiːn bˈɑːnɐpˌɑːɹt ænd ðɪ ˈoʊld ˈɔːɹdɚɹ ɪn jˈʊɹɹəp ˈɪntɹɛstᵻd ɡˈoʊð ænd bˈeɪtoʊvən. ðə vˈɪktɚɹi, wɪtʃˈɛvɚ wˈeɪ ɪt ɡˈoʊz, wɪl sˈɪmpli bɹˈɪŋ kˈeɪɑːs nˈɪɹɚ, ænd sˌoʊ sˈɛt ðə stˈeɪdʒ fɚɹə dʒˈɛnjuːɪn ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən lˈeɪɾɚɹ ˈɔn, wɪð (lˈɛt ˌʌs hˈoʊp) ɐ nˈuː fjˈuːdəlˌɪzəm ɔːɹ sˈʌmθɪŋ bˈɛɾɚ kˈʌmɪŋ ˌaʊɾəv ɪt, ænd ɐ nˈuː θˈɜːtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi æt dˈɔːn. ðɪs sˈiːmz təbi ðə slˈoʊ, kˈɔstli wˈeɪ ʌvðə wˈɜːst ʌv hˈæbɪɾəbəl wˈɜːldz.