text_original: "America is not a nation," he told his father; "it's a place where great numbers of people, largely because of a happy chance which probably can never happen again in the world's history, exercise just enough control of themselves to enable them to live completely selfish lives and they save themselves any slight remorse they might feel for this selfishness by somehow convincing themselves that they are demonstrating the superiority of individual liberty.
text_transcription: AMERICA IS NOT A NATION HE TOLD HIS FATHER IT'S A PLACE WHERE GREAT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LARGELY BECAUSE OF A HAPPY CHANCE WHICH PROBABLY CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY EXERCISE JUST ENOUGH CONTROL OF THEMSELVES TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE COMPLETELY SELFISH LIVES AND THEY SAVE THEMSELVES ANY SLIGHT REMORSE THEY MIGHT FEEL FOR THIS SELFISHNESS BY SOMEHOW CONVINCING THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE DEMONSTRATING THE SUPERIORITY OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
phonemes: "ɐmˈɛɹɪkə ɪz nˌɑːɾə nˈeɪʃən," hiː tˈoʊld hɪz fˈɑːðɚ; "ɪts ɐ plˈeɪs wˌɛɹ ɡɹˈeɪt nˈʌmbɚz ʌv pˈiːpəl, lˈɑːɹdʒli bɪkˈʌz əvə hˈæpi tʃˈæns wˌɪtʃ pɹˈɑːbəbli kæn nˈɛvɚ hˈæpən ɐɡˈɛn ɪnðə wˈɜːldz hˈɪstɚɹi, ˈɛksɚsˌaɪz dʒˈʌst ɪnˈʌf kəntɹˈoʊl ʌv ðɛmsˈɛlvz tʊ ɛnˈeɪbəl ðˌɛm tə lˈɪv kəmplˈiːtli sˈɛlfɪʃ lˈaɪvz ænd ðeɪ sˈeɪv ðɛmsˈɛlvz ˌɛni slˈaɪt ɹᵻmˈɔːɹs ðeɪ mˌaɪt fˈiːl fɔːɹ ðɪs sˈɛlfɪʃnəs baɪ sˈʌmhaʊ kənvˈɪnsɪŋ ðɛmsˈɛlvz ðæt ðeɪ ɑːɹ dˈɛmənstɹˌeɪɾɪŋ ðə suːpˌiəɹɪˈɔːɹᵻɾi ʌv ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl lˈɪbɚɾi.