text_original: Madame de Stael, jealous of her father's reputation, maintains that reasonable concessions on the part of the Court faction and the higher clergy would have nullified the danger of the double representation. But the point was that such an aristocracy and such a clergy were Digitized by VjOOQIC 40 MADAME DE STAEL. by nature unteachable ; and every moment wasted in attempting to persuade them was an hour add  ed to the long torture of oppressed and starving France.
text_transcription: MADAME DE STAEL JEALOUS OF HER FATHER'S REPUTATION MAINTAINS THAT REASONABLE CONCESSIONS ON THE PART OF THE COURT FACTION AND THE HIGHER CLERGY WOULD HAVE NULLIFIED THE DANGER OF THE DOUBLE REPRESENTATION BUT THE POINT WAS THAT SUCH AN ARISTOCRACY AND SUCH A CLERGY WERE BY NATURE UNTEACHABLE AND EVERY MOMENT WASTED IN ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE THEM WAS AN HOUR ADDED TO THE LONG TORTURE OF OPPRESSED AND STARVING FRANCE
phonemes: mˈædəm də stˈeɪl, dʒˈɛləs ʌv hɜː fˈɑːðɚz ɹˌɛpjuːtˈeɪʃən, meɪntˈeɪnz ðæt ɹˈiːzənəbəl kənsˈɛʃənz ɔnðə pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə kˈɔːɹt fˈækʃən ænd ðə hˈaɪɚ klˈɜːdʒi wʊdhɐv nˈʌlᵻfˌaɪd ðə dˈeɪndʒɚɹ ʌvðə dˈʌbəl ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntˈeɪʃən. bˌʌt ðə pˈɔɪnt wʌz ðæt sˈʌtʃ ɐn ˌæɹɪstˈɑːkɹəsi ænd sˈʌtʃ ɐ klˈɜːdʒi wɜː dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk fˈɔːɹɾi mˈædəm dˌiːˈiː stˈeɪl. baɪ nˈeɪtʃɚɹ ʌntˈiːtʃəbəl ; ænd ˈɛvɹi mˈoʊmənt wˈeɪstᵻd ɪn ɐtˈɛmptɪŋ tə pɚswˈeɪd ðˌɛm wʌz ɐn ˈaʊɚɹ ˈæd ˈɛd tə ðə lˈɔŋ tˈɔːɹtʃɚɹ ʌv əpɹˈɛst ænd stˈɑːɹvɪŋ fɹˈæns.