text_original: To crush a thing so impalpable, to extinguish a thing so fiery, was an impossible undertaking, and to anybody but Napoleon it must have seemed so.
text_transcription: TO CRUSH A THING SO IMPALPABLE TO EXTINGUISH A THING SO FIERY WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE UNDERTAKING AND TO ANYBODY BUT NAPOLEON IT MUST HAVE SEEMED SO
phonemes: tə kɹˈʌʃ ɐ θˈɪŋ sˌoʊ ɪmpˈælpəbəl, tʊ ɛkstˈɪŋɡwɪʃ ɐ θˈɪŋ sˌoʊ fˈaɪɚɹi, wʌz ɐn ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl ˌʌndɚtˈeɪkɪŋ, ænd tʊ ˈɛnɪbˌɑːdi bˌʌt nɐpˈoʊlɪən ɪt mˈʌstɐv sˈiːmd sˈoʊ.