text_original: It may be doubted whether, if we had pursued such a policy as this, we might not as well have left India itself once for all. If we had allowed it to seem clear to the Indian populations and princes that we could be driven out 260 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. cn. xr.
text_transcription: IT MAY BE DOUBTED WHETHER IF WE HAD PURSUED SUCH A POLICY AS THIS WE MIGHT NOT AS WELL HAVE LEFT INDIA ITSELF ONCE FOR ALL IF WE HAD ALLOWED IT TO SEEM CLEAR TO THE INDIAN POPULATIONS AND PRINCES THAT WE COULD BE DRIVEN OUT
phonemes: ɪt mˈeɪ biː dˈaʊɾᵻd wˈɛðɚ, ɪf wiː hæd pɚsˈuːd sˈʌtʃ ɐ pˈɑːlɪsi æz ðˈɪs, wiː mˌaɪt nˌɑːt æz wˈɛl hæv lˈɛft ˈɪndiə ɪtsˈɛlf wˈʌns fɔːɹ ˈɔːl. ɪf wiː hæd ɐlˈaʊd ɪt tə sˈiːm klˈɪɹ tə ðɪ ˈɪndiən pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃənz ænd pɹˈɪnsᵻz ðæt wiː kʊd biː dɹˈɪvən ˈaʊt tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ɐ hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv ˌaʊɚɹ ˌoʊdˌʌbəljˌuːˈɛn tˈaɪmz. sˌiːˈɛn. ˌɛksˈɑːɹ.