text_original: "Now," he said, drawing up a chair and dipping his quill into an almost depleted ink pot, "I have decided to make you, David Ritchie, with full confidence in your ability and loyalty to the rights of liberty and mankind, a captain in the Legion on the Mississippi." I crossed the room swiftly, and as he put his pen to paper I laid my hand on his arm. "General, I cannot," I said.
text_transcription: NOW HE SAID DRAWING UP A CHAIR AND DIPPING HIS QUILL INTO AN ALMOST DEPLETED INK POT I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE YOU DAVID RICHEY WITH FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY AND LOYALTY TO THE RIGHTS OF LIBERTY AND MANKIND A CAPTAIN IN THE LEGION OF THE MISSISSIPPI HE CROSSED THE ROOM SWIFTLY AND AS HE PUT HIS PEN TO PAPER I LAID MY HAND ON HIS ARM GENERAL I CANNOT I SAID
phonemes: "nˈaʊ," hiː sˈɛd, dɹˈɔːɪŋ ˌʌp ɐ tʃˈɛɹ ænd dˈɪpɪŋ hɪz kwˈɪl ˌɪntʊ ɐn ˈɔːlmoʊst dᵻplˈiːɾᵻd ˈɪŋk pˈɑːt, "aɪ hæv dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd tə mˈeɪk juː, dˈeɪvɪd ɹˈɪtʃi, wɪð fˈʊl kˈɑːnfɪdəns ɪn jʊɹ ɐbˈɪləɾi ænd lˈɔɪəlɾi tə ðə ɹˈaɪts ʌv lˈɪbɚɾi ænd mæŋkˈaɪnd, ɐ kˈæptɪn ɪnðə lˈiːdʒən ɔnðə mˌɪsɪsˈɪpi." aɪ kɹˈɔst ðə ɹˈuːm swˈɪftli, ænd æz hiː pˌʊt hɪz pˈɛn tə pˈeɪpɚɹ aɪ lˈeɪd maɪ hˈænd ˌɔn hɪz ˈɑːɹm. "dʒˈɛnɚɹəl, aɪ kænˈɑːt," aɪ sˈɛd.