text_original: To her penetration, bril  liancy and vivacity, he does full justice. And if, as her book on Germany afterwards showed, his statement that " nothing existed for her unless her ) torch could illuminate it," was as misleading as are most metaphors, still its descriptiveness ena  Digitized by VjOOQLC VISITS GERMANY. 1 33 bles one exactly to understand the particular sort of splendor with which Madame de Stael flashed through the windings of the German mind.
text_transcription: TO HER PENETRATION BRILLIANCY AND VIVACITY HE DOES FULL JUSTICE AND IF AS HER BOOK ON GERMANY AFTERWARDS SHOWED HIS STATEMENT THAT NOTHING EXISTED FOR HER UNLESS HER TORCH COULD ILLUMINATE IT WAS AS MISLEADING AS ARE MOST METAPHORS STILL ITS DESCRIPTIVENESS ENABLES ONE EXACTLY TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTICULAR SORT OF SPLENDOR WITH WHICH MADAME DE STAEL FLASHED THROUGH THE WINDINGS OF THE GERMAN MIND
phonemes: tə hɜː pˌɛnɪtɹˈeɪʃən, bɹˈɪl lˈaɪənsi ænd vɪvˈæsᵻɾi, hiː dˈʌz fˈʊl dʒˈʌstɪs. ænd ɪf, æz hɜː bˈʊk ˌɔn dʒˈɜːməni ˈæftɚwɚdz ʃˈoʊd, hɪz stˈeɪtmənt ðˈæt " nˈʌθɪŋ ɛɡzˈɪstᵻd fɔːɹ hɜːɹ ʌnlˈɛs hɜː ) tˈɔːɹtʃ kʊd ɪlˈuːmᵻnˌeɪt ɪt," wʌz æz mɪslˈiːdɪŋ æz ɑːɹ mˈoʊst mˈɛɾəfˌɔːɹz, stˈɪl ɪts dᵻskɹˈɪptɪvnəs ˈiːnə dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːklk vˈɪzɪts dʒˈɜːməni. wˈʌn θˈɜːɾi θɹˈiː blˈɛz wˈʌn ɛɡzˈæktli tʊ ˌʌndɚstˈænd ðə pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚ sˈɔːɹt ʌv splˈɛndɚ wɪð wˌɪtʃ mˈædəm də stˈeɪl flˈæʃt θɹuː ðə wˈaɪndɪŋz ʌvðə dʒˈɜːmən mˈaɪnd.