text_original: Leroy Beaulieu's, "Israel Among the Nations," and as he turned the leaves of the prayer book some one handed him, he was impressed with the truth of this sentence which recurred to him: "The Hebrew genius was confined to a narrow bed between two rocky walls, whence only the sky could be seen; but it channeled there a well so deep that the ages have not dried it up, and the nations of the four corners of the earth have come to slake their thirst at its waters."
text_transcription: LE ROY BALIEUSE ISRAEL AMONG THE NATIONS AND AS HE TURNED THE LEAVES OF THE PRAYER BOOK SOME ONE HANDED HIM HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE TRUTH OF THIS SENTENCE WHICH RECURRED TO HIM THE HEBREW GENIUS WAS CONFINED TO A NARROW BED BETWEEN TWO ROCKY WALLS WHENCE ONLY THE SKY COULD BE SEEN BUT IT CHANNELED THERE A WELL SO DEEP THAT THE AGES HAVE NOT DRIED IT UP AND THE NATIONS OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH HAVE COME TO SLAKE THEIR THIRST AT ITS WATERS
phonemes: lˈiːɹɔɪ bˈoʊljuːz, "ˈɪzɹiːəl ɐmˌʌŋ ðə nˈeɪʃənz," ænd æz hiː tˈɜːnd ðə lˈiːvz ʌvðə pɹˈɛɹ bˈʊk sˈʌmwʌn hˈændᵻd hˌɪm, hiː wʌz ɪmpɹˈɛst wɪððə tɹˈuːθ ʌv ðɪs sˈɛntəns wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻkˈɜːd tə hˌɪm: "ðə hˈiːbɹuː dʒˈiːnɪəs wʌz kənfˈaɪnd tʊ ɐ nˈæɹoʊ bˈɛd bᵻtwˌiːn tˈuː ɹˈɑːki wˈɔːlz, wˈɛns ˈoʊnli ðə skˈaɪ kʊd biː sˈiːn; bˌʌt ɪt tʃˈænəld ðɛɹ ɐ wˈɛl sˌoʊ dˈiːp ðætðɪ ˈeɪdʒᵻz hɐvnˌɑːt dɹˈaɪd ɪɾ ˈʌp, ænd ðə nˈeɪʃənz ʌvðə fˈɔːɹ kˈɔːɹnɚz ʌvðɪ ˈɜːθ hæv kˈʌm tə slˈeɪk ðɛɹ θˈɜːst æɾ ɪts wˈɔːɾɚz."