text_original: As to the future of Turkey, Palmerston was far from pessi  mistic. " All that we hear about the decay of the Turkish Empire and its being a dead body or a sapless trunk and so forth is pure ^ September ist, 1839. 1841] TREATY OF LONDON 155 and unadulterated nonsense." Given ten years of peace under European protection, coupled with internal reform, there seemed to him no reason why "it should not become again a respectable > Power
text_transcription: AS TO THE FUTURE OF TURKEY PALMERSTON WAS FAR FROM PESSIMISTIC ALL THAT WE HEAR ABOUT THE DECAY OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE IN ITS BEING A DEAD BODY OR A SAPLESS TRUNK AND SO FORTH IS PURE AND UNADULTERATED NONSENSE GIVEN TEN YEARS OF PEACE UNDER EUROPEAN PROTECTION COUPLED WITH INTERNAL REFORM THERE SEEMED TO HIM NO REASON WHY IT SHOULD NOT BECOME AGAIN A RESPECTABLE POWER
phonemes: æz tə ðə fjˈuːtʃɚɹ ʌv tˈɜːki, pˈɑːmɚstən wʌz fˈɑːɹ fɹʌm pˈɛsi mˈɪstɪk. " ˈɔːl ðæt wiː hˈɪɹ ɐbˌaʊt ðə dᵻkˈeɪ ʌvðə tˈɜːkɪʃ ˈɛmpaɪɚ ænd ɪts bˌiːɪŋ ɐ dˈɛd bˈɑːdi ɔːɹ ɐ sˈæpləs tɹˈʌŋk ænd sˌoʊ fˈɔːɹθ ɪz pjˈʊɹ sɛptˈɛmbɚɹ ˈɪst, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn. wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɔːɹɾi wˈʌn] tɹˈiːɾi ʌv lˈʌndən wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈaɪv ænd ʌnɐdˈʌltɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd nˈɑːnsəns." ɡˈɪvən tˈɛn jˈɪɹz ʌv pˈiːs ˌʌndɚ jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən pɹətˈɛkʃən, kˈʌpəld wɪð ɪntˈɜːnəl ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm, ðɛɹ sˈiːmd tə hˌɪm nˈoʊ ɹˈiːzən wˈaɪ "ɪt ʃˌʊd nˌɑːt bɪkˌʌm ɐɡˈɛn ɐ ɹᵻspˈɛktəbəl pˈaʊɚ