text_original: If I were king or emperor, or even President of the Republic, this is the way in which I should exercise my right to pardon prisoners condemned to death. I should offer HYDROPHOBIA 169 the condemned man, through his lawyer, on the eve of his client's execution, the choice be  tween imminent death and an experiment con  sisting of preventive inoculation of hydro  phobia for the purpose of rendering his consti  tution immune to that disease.
text_transcription: IF I WERE KING OR EMPEROR OR EVEN PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC THIS IS THE WAY IN WHICH I SHOULD EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO PARDON PRISONERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH I SHOULD OFFER THE CONDEMNED MAN THROUGH HIS LAWYER ON THE EVE OF HIS CLIENT'S EXECUTION THE CHOICE BETWEEN IMMINENT DEATH AND AN EXPERIMENT CONSISTING OF PREVENTIVE INOCULATION OF HYDROPHOBIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENDERING HIS CONSTITUTION IMMUNE TO THAT DISEASE
phonemes: ɪf aɪ wɜː kˈɪŋ ɔːɹ ˈɛmpɚɹɚ, ɔːɹ ˈiːvən pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðə ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk, ðɪs ɪz ðə wˈeɪ ɪnwˌɪtʃ aɪ ʃˌʊd ˈɛksɚsˌaɪz maɪ ɹˈaɪt tə pˈɑːɹdən pɹˈɪzənɚz kəndˈɛmd tə dˈɛθ. aɪ ʃˌʊd ˈɔfɚ hˌaɪdɹəfˈoʊbiə wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn ðə kəndˈɛmd mˈæn, θɹuː hɪz lˈɔɪɚ, ɔnðɪ ˈiːv ʌv hɪz klˈaɪənts ˌɛksɪkjˈuːʃən, ðə tʃˈɔɪs biː twˈiːn ˈɪmɪnənt dˈɛθ ænd ɐn ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt kˈɑːn sˈɪstɪŋ ʌv pɹɪvˈɛntɪv ɪnˌɑːkjʊlˈeɪʃən ʌv hˈaɪdɹoʊ fˈoʊbiə fɚðə pˈɜːpəs ʌv ɹˈɛndɚɹɪŋ hɪz kɑːnsti tˈuːʃən ɪmjˈuːn tə ðæt dɪzˈiːz.