text_original: Herbert had not waited for the reports of Commission and Committee to reach the conclusion that things were wrong:   "I have for some time," he wrote on December 14, 1854, to the Commandant at Scutari, "been very anxious and very much dissatisfied as to the state of the hospital.
text_transcription: HERBERT HAD NOT WAITED FOR THE REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE TO REACH THE CONCLUSION THAT THINGS WERE WRONG I HAVE FOR SOME TIME HE WROTE ON DECEMBER FOURTEENTH EIGHTEEN FIFTY FOUR TO THE COMMANDANT AT SCUTARI BEEN VERY ANXIOUS AND VERY MUCH DISSATISFIED AS TO THE STATE OF THE HOSPITAL
phonemes: hˈɜːbɚt hæd nˌɑːt wˈeɪɾᵻd fɚðə ɹᵻpˈɔːɹts ʌv kəmˈɪʃən ænd kəmˈɪɾi tə ɹˈiːtʃ ðə kəŋklˈuːʒən ðæt θˈɪŋz wɜː ɹˈɔŋ:   "aɪ hæv fɔːɹ sˌʌm tˈaɪm," hiː ɹˈoʊt ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ fˈɔːɹtiːn, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈɔːɹ, tə ðə kˈɑːmɐndˌɑːnt æt skjuːtˈɑːɹɹi, "bˌɪn vˈɛɹi ˈæŋʃəs ænd vˈɛɹi mˈʌtʃ dɪsˈæɾɪsfˌaɪd æz tə ðə stˈeɪt ʌvðə hˈɑːspɪɾəl.