text_original: Lord Palmerston became for the first time Foreign Secretary in the Grey Administration. He had been a junior Lord of the Admiralty in a former Government, and he had more lately been Secretary at War; but at the time that he first became Foreign Secretary under Lord Grey few indeed could have anticipated that he was destined to become one of the most powerful English statesmen known to the century.
text_transcription: LORD PALMERSTON BECAME FOR THE FIRST TIME FOREIGN SECRETARY IN THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION HE HAD BEEN A JUNIOR LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY AND A FORMER GOVERNMENT AND HE HAD MORE LATELY BEEN SECRETARY AT WAR BUT AT THE TIME THAT HE FIRST BECAME FOREIGN SECRETARY UNDER LORD GREY FEW INDEED COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT HE WAS DESTINED TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ENGLISH STATESMEN KNOWN TO THE CENTURY
phonemes: lˈɔːɹd pˈɑːmɚstən bɪkˌeɪm fɚðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm fˈɔːɹən sˈɛkɹətɹi ɪnðə ɡɹˈeɪ ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən. hiː hɐdbɪn ɐ dʒˈuːnjɚ lˈɔːɹd ʌvðɪ ˈædmɚɹəlɾi ɪn ɐ fˈɔːɹmɚ ɡˈʌvɚnmənt, ænd hiː hæd mˈɔːɹ lˈeɪtli bˌɪn sˈɛkɹətɹi æt wˈɔːɹ; bˌʌt æt ðə tˈaɪm ðæt hiː fˈɜːst bɪkˌeɪm fˈɔːɹən sˈɛkɹətɹi ˌʌndɚ lˈɔːɹd ɡɹˈeɪ fjˈuː ˌɪndˈiːd kˌʊdɐv æntˈɪsᵻpˌeɪɾᵻd ðæt hiː wʌz dˈɛstɪnd tə bɪkˌʌm wˈʌn ʌvðə mˈoʊst pˈaʊɚfəl ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ stˈeɪtsmɛn nˈoʊn tə ðə sˈɛntʃɚɹi.