text_original: Twenty years ago, the Friend of Men (preaching to the deaf) described the Limousin Peasants as wearing a pain stricken (_souffre douleur_) look, a look _past_ complaint, "as if the oppression of the great were like the hail and the thunder, a thing irremediable, the ordinance of Nature."
text_transcription: TWENTY YEARS AGO THE FRIEND OF MEN DESCRIBED LIMOUSIN PEASANTS AS WEARING A PAIN STRICKEN LOOK A LOOK PAST COMPLAINT AS IF THE OPPRESSION OF THE GREAT WERE LIKE THE HAIL AND THE THUNDER A THING IRREDEEMIABLE THE ORDINANCE OF NATURE
phonemes: twˈɛnti jˈɪɹz ɐɡˈoʊ, ðə fɹˈɛnd ʌv mˈɛn (pɹˈiːtʃɪŋ tə ðə dˈɛf) dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðə lˈɪmaʊzən pˈɛzənts æz wˈɛɹɪŋ ɐ pˈeɪn stɹˈɪkən (sˈuːfɚ duːlˈʊɹ) lˈʊk, ɐ lˈʊk pˈæst kəmplˈeɪnt, "æz ɪf ðɪ əpɹˈɛʃən ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪt wɜː lˈaɪk ðə hˈeɪl ænd ðə θˈʌndɚ, ɐ θˈɪŋ ɪɹˈɛmədiəbəl, ðɪ ˈɔːɹdɪnəns ʌv nˈeɪtʃɚ."