text_original: W. Kaye, 'brave men. In any other situation, though the physical infirmities of the one and the cankered vanity, the dogmatical perverseness of the other, might have in some mea  sure detracted from their efficiency as military com  manders, I believe they would have exhibited suffi  cient courage and constancy to rescue an army from utter destruction, and the British name from indelible reproach. But in the Cabul cantonments they were miserably out of place.
text_transcription: K BRAVE MEN IN ANY OTHER SITUATION THOUGH THE PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES OF THE ONE AND THE CANKERED VANITY THE DOGMATICAL PERVERSENESS OF THE OTHER MIGHT HAVE IN SOME MEASURE DETRACTED FROM THEIR EFFICIENCY AS MILITARY COMMANDERS I BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE EXHIBITED SUFFICIENT COURAGE AND CONSTANCY TO RESCUE AN ARMY FROM UTTER DESTRUCTION AND THE BRITISH NAME FROM INDELIBLE REPROACH BUT IN THE KABUL CANTONMENTS THEY WERE MISERABLY OUT OF PLACE
phonemes: dˈʌbəljˌuː. kˈeɪ, bɹˈeɪv mˈɛn. ɪn ˌɛni ˈʌðɚ sˌɪtʃuːˈeɪʃən, ðˌoʊ ðə fˈɪzɪkəl ɪnfˈɜːmᵻɾiz ʌvðə wˈʌn ænd ðə kˈæŋkɚd vˈænᵻɾi, ðə dɑːɡmˈæɾɪkəl pɚvˈɜːsnəs ʌvðɪ ˈʌðɚ, mˌaɪthɐv ɪn sˌʌm mˈiː ʃˈʊɹ dɪtɹˈæktᵻd fɹʌm ðɛɹ ɪfˈɪʃənsi æz mˈɪlətˌɛɹi kˈɑːm mˈændɚz, aɪ bᵻlˈiːv ðeɪ wʊdhɐv ɛɡzˈɪbɪɾᵻd sˈʌfi ʃənt kˈɜːɹɪdʒ ænd kˈɑːnstənsi tə ɹˈɛskjuː ɐn ˈɑːɹmi fɹʌm ˈʌɾɚ dᵻstɹˈʌkʃən, ænd ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ nˈeɪm fɹʌm ɪndˈɛləbəl ɹᵻpɹˈoʊtʃ. bˌʌt ɪnðə kˈæbʌl kˈæntɑːnmənts ðeɪ wɜː mˈɪzɹəbli ˌaʊɾəv plˈeɪs.