text_original: Death had overtaken them beside a monster tawny river of which their imaginations had not conceived, a river which draws tribute from the remote places of an unknown land,  a river, indeed, which, mixing all the waters, seemed to symbolize a coming race which was to conquer the land by its resistless flow, even as the Mississippi bore relentlessly towards the sea.
text_transcription: DEATH HAD OVERTAKEN THEM BESIDE A MONSTER TAWNY RIVER OF WHICH THEIR IMAGINATIONS HAD NOT CONCEIVED A RIVER WHICH DRAWS TRIBUTE FROM THE REMOTE PLACES OF AN UNKNOWN LAND A RIVER INDEED WHICH MIXING ALL THE WATERS SEEMED TO SYMBOLIZE A COMING RACE WHICH WAS TO CONQUER THE LAND BY ITS RESISTLESS FLOW EVEN AS THE MISSISSIPPI BORE RELENTLESSLY TOWARDS THE SEA
phonemes: dˈɛθ hæd ˌoʊvɚtˈeɪkən ðˌɛm bᵻsˌaɪd ɐ mˈɔnstɚ tˈɔːni ɹˈɪvɚ ʌvwˈɪtʃ ðɛɹ ɪmˌædʒᵻnˈeɪʃənz hæd nˌɑːt kənsˈiːvd, ɐ ɹˈɪvɚ wˌɪtʃ dɹˈɔːz tɹˈɪbjuːt fɹʌmðə ɹᵻmˈoʊt plˈeɪsᵻz əvən ʌnnˈoʊn lˈænd,  ɐ ɹˈɪvɚ, ˌɪndˈiːd, wˈɪtʃ, mˈɪksɪŋ ˈɔːl ðə wˈɔːɾɚz, sˈiːmd tə sˈɪmbəlˌaɪz ɐ kˈʌmɪŋ ɹˈeɪs wˌɪtʃ wʌz tə kˈɑːŋkɚ ðə lˈænd baɪ ɪts ɹᵻzˈɪstləs flˈoʊ, ˈiːvən æz ðə mˌɪsɪsˈɪpi bˈɔːɹ ɹɪlˈɛntləsli təwˈɔːɹdz ðə sˈiː.