text_original: Wherever he went he wanted to learn something. He had in abundance that peculiar faculty which some great men of widely different stamp from him and from each other have possessed ; of which Goethe frankly boasted, and which Mirabeau had more largely than he was always willing to acknowledge ; the faculty which exacts from everyone with whom its owner comes into contact some contribution to his stock of information and to his advantage. Cob  den could learn something from everybody.
text_transcription: WHEREVER HE WENT HE WANTED TO LEARN SOMETHING HE HAD IN ABUNDANCE THAT PECULIAR FACULTY WHICH SOME GREAT MEN OF WIDELY DIFFERENCE STAMP FROM HIM AND FROM EACH OTHER HAVE POSSESSED OF WHICH GERTA FRANKLY BOASTED AND WHICH MIHABAUT HAD MORE LARGELY THAN HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACULTY WHICH EXACTS FROM EVERY ONE WITH WHOM ITS OWNER COMES IN CONTACT SOME CONTRIBUTION TO HIS STOCK OF INFORMATION AND TO HIS ADVANTAGE COBDEN COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM EVERYBODY
phonemes: wɛɹˈɛvɚ hiː wɛnt hiː wˈɔntᵻd tə lˈɜːn sˈʌmθɪŋ. hiː hæd ɪn ɐbˈʌndəns ðæt pɪkjˈuːlɪɹ fˈækəlti wˌɪtʃ sˌʌm ɡɹˈeɪt mˈɛn ʌv wˈaɪdli dˈɪfɹənt stˈæmp fɹʌm hˌɪm ænd fɹʌm ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚ hæv pəzˈɛst ; ʌvwˈɪtʃ ɡˈoʊð fɹˈæŋkli bˈoʊstᵻd, ænd wˌɪtʃ mˈɜːɹeɪbˌaʊ hæd mˈɔːɹ lˈɑːɹdʒli ðɐn hiː wʌz ˈɔːlweɪz wˈɪlɪŋ tʊ ɐknˈɑːlɪdʒ ; ðə fˈækəlti wˌɪtʃ ɛɡzˈækts fɹʌm ˈɛvɹɪwˌʌn wɪð hˈuːm ɪts ˈoʊnɚ kˈʌmz ˌɪntʊ kˈɑːntækt sˌʌm kˌɑːntɹɪbjˈuːʃən tə hɪz stˈɑːk ʌv ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən ænd tə hɪz ɐdvˈæntɪdʒ. kˈɑːb dˈɛn kʊd lˈɜːn sˈʌmθɪŋ fɹʌm ˈɛvɹɪbˌɑːdi.