text_original: But he had no gift for the understanding of politics, and it was happy for him, at more than one crisis of his career, that he was quite aware of his own political incapacity and was ready to defer to the judgment of other men who understood such things better than he did.
text_transcription: BUT HE HAD NO GIFT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICS AND IT WAS HAPPY FOR HIM AT MORE THAN ONE CRISIS OF HIS CAREER THAT HE WAS QUITE AWARE OF HIS OWN POLITICAL INCAPACITY AND WAS READY TO DEFER TO THE JUDGMENT OF OTHER MEN WHO UNDERSTOOD SUCH THINGS BETTER THAN HE DID
phonemes: bˌʌt hiː hæd nˈoʊ ɡˈɪft fɚðɪ ˌʌndɚstˈændɪŋ ʌv pˈɑːlətˌɪks, ænd ɪt wʌz hˈæpi fɔːɹ hˌɪm, æt mˈɔːɹ ðɐn wˈʌn kɹˈaɪsɪs ʌv hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ, ðæt hiː wʌz kwˈaɪt ɐwˈɛɹ ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ɪŋkəpˈæsᵻɾi ænd wʌz ɹˈɛdi tə dᵻfˈɜː tə ðə dʒˈʌdʒmənt ʌv ˈʌðɚ mˈɛn hˌuː ˌʌndɚstˈʊd sˈʌtʃ θˈɪŋz bˈɛɾɚ ðɐn hiː dˈɪd.