text_original: Perhaps this preoccupation of minds, naturally enlight  ened, with merely personal issues is the real key to all that was tragically mysterious in the Rev  olution. Madame de Stael herself deplored the fate of the King and Queen with precisely the same wealth of compassion that she would have expressed on the occasion of some catastrophe Digitized by VjOOQLC IS COURAGEOUS FOR HER FRIENDS, 59 involving hundreds of obscure lives.
text_transcription: PERHAPS THIS PREOCCUPATION OF MINDS NATURALLY ENLIGHTENED WITH MERELY PERSONAL ISSUES IS THE REAL KEY TO ALL THAT WAS TRAGICALLY MYSTERIOUS IN THE REVOLUTION MADAME DE STAEL HERSELF DEPLORED THE FATE OF THE KING AND QUEEN WITH PRECISELY THE SAME WEALTH OF COMPASSION THAT SHE WOULD HAVE EXPRESSED ON THE OCCASION OF SOME CATASTROPHE INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF OBSCURE LIVES
phonemes: pɚhˈæps ðɪs pɹɪˌɑːkjʊpˈeɪʃən ʌv mˈaɪndz, nˈætʃɚɹəli ɛnlˈaɪt ˈɛnd, wɪð mˈɪɹli pˈɜːsənəl ˈɪʃuːz ɪz ðə ɹˈiːəl kˈiː tʊ ˈɔːl ðæt wʌz tɹˈædʒɪkli mɪstˈɪɹiəs ɪnðə ɹˈɛv ɑːlˈuːʃən. mˈædəm də stˈeɪl hɜːsˈɛlf dᵻplˈɔːɹd ðə fˈeɪt ʌvðə kˈɪŋ ænd kwˈiːn wɪð pɹɪsˈaɪsli ðə sˈeɪm wˈɛlθ ʌv kəmpˈæʃən ðæt ʃiː wʊdhɐv ɛkspɹˈɛst ɔnðɪ əkˈeɪʒən ʌv sˌʌm kɐtˈæstɹəfi dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːklk ɪz kɜːɹˈeɪdʒəs fɔːɹ hɜː fɹˈɛndz, fˈɪfti nˈaɪn ɪnvˈɑːlvɪŋ hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv əbskjˈʊɹ lˈaɪvz.