text_original: He preferred, he said, to act alone, be  cause an Emperor could be more yielding, more able to yield with a good grace, than two ambassadors. " Let me act and speak," he said to Caulaincourt, " if war can be avoided, I will avoid it."
text_transcription: HE PREFERRED HE SAID TO ACT ALONE BECAUSE AN EMPEROR COULD BE MORE YIELDING MORE ABLE TO YIELD WITH A GOOD GRACE THAN TWO AMBASSADORS LET ME ACT AND SPEAK HE SAID TO COLIN COUP IF WAR CAN BE AVOIDED I WILL AVOID IT
phonemes: hiː pɹɪfˈɜːd, hiː sˈɛd, tʊ ˈækt ɐlˈoʊn, biː kˈɔːz ɐn ˈɛmpɚɹɚ kʊd biː mˈɔːɹ jˈiːldɪŋ, mˈɔːɹ ˈeɪbəl tə jˈiːld wɪð ɐ ɡˈʊd ɡɹˈeɪs, ðɐn tˈuː ɐmbˈæsədɚz. " lˈɛt mˌiː ˈækt ænd spˈiːk," hiː sˈɛd tə kˈɔːleɪŋkˌɔːɹt, " ɪf wˈɔːɹ kæn biː ɐvˈɔɪdᵻd, aɪ wɪl ɐvˈɔɪd ɪt."