text_original: Nothing can palliate dive's conduct. It may, indeed, be said that as civilized troops after long engagements in petty wars with savage races lose that morale and discipline which come from contests with their military peers, so minds steeped in the degrading atmosphere of Oriental diplomacy become in  evitably corrupted, and lose the fine distinction between right and wrong. But so specious a piece of special pleading cannot serve Olive's turn.
text_transcription: NOTHING CAN PALLIATE CLIVE'S CONDUCT IT MAY INDEED BE SAID THAT AS CIVILIZED TROOPS AFTER LONG ENGAGEMENTS IN PETTY WARS WITH SAVAGE RACES LOSE THAT MORALE AND DISCIPLINE WHICH COME FROM CONTESTS WITH THEIR MILITARY PEERS SO MINDS STEEPED IN THE DEGRADING ATMOSPHERE OF ORIENTAL DIPLOMACY BECOME INEVITABLY CORRUPTED AND LOSE THE FINE DISTINCTION BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG BUT SO SPECIOUS A PIECE OF SPECIAL PLEADING CANNOT SERVE CLIVE'S TURN
phonemes: nˈʌθɪŋ kæn pˈælɪˌeɪt dˈaɪvz kˈɑːndʌkt. ɪt mˈeɪ, ˌɪndˈiːd, biː sˈɛd ðæt æz sˈɪvəlˌaɪzd tɹˈuːps ˈæftɚ lˈɔŋ ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒmənts ɪn pˈɛɾi wˈɔːɹz wɪð sˈævɪdʒ ɹˈeɪsᵻz lˈuːz ðæt mɚɹˈæl ænd dˈɪsɪplˌɪn wˌɪtʃ kˈʌm fɹʌm kˈɑːntɛsts wɪð ðɛɹ mˈɪlətˌɛɹi pˈɪɹz, sˌoʊ mˈaɪndz stˈiːpt ɪnðə dᵻɡɹˈeɪdɪŋ ˈætməsfˌɪɹ ʌv ˌɔːɹɪˈɛntəl dɪplˈoʊməsi bɪkˌʌm ɪn ˈɛvᵻɾəbli kɚɹˈʌptᵻd, ænd lˈuːz ðə fˈaɪn dɪstˈɪŋkʃən bᵻtwˌiːn ɹˈaɪt ænd ɹˈɔŋ. bˌʌt sˌoʊ spˈiːʃəs ɐ pˈiːs ʌv spˈɛʃəl plˈiːdɪŋ kænˈɑːt sˈɜːv ˈɑːlɪvz tˈɜːn.