text_original: Four years of his childhood had passed in the Spanish castle where he had been a hostage for the brilliant father who did not love him ; and it was his destiny that he should henceforth detest the land of his captivity and make war upon it, while he himself was imbued with the spirit of it, while he himself should turn the volatile, spon  taneous Gallic character of his father's France into a thing as pallid, as precise, as decorous, as the Emperor's Spain.
text_transcription: FOUR YEARS OF HIS CHILDHOOD HAD PASSED IN THE SPANISH CASTLE WHERE HE HAD BEEN A HOSTAGE FOR THE BRILLIANT FATHER WHO DID NOT LOVE HIM AND IT WAS HIS DESTINY THAT HE SHOULD HENCEFORTH DETEST THE LAND OF HIS CAPTIVITY AND MAKE WAR UPON IT WHILE HE HIMSELF WAS IMBUED WITH THE SPIRIT OF IT WHILE HE HIMSELF SHOULD TURN THE VOLATILE SPONTANEOUS GAELIC CHARACTER OF HIS FATHERS FRANCE INTO A THING SO PALLID AS PRECISE AS DECOROUS AS THE EMPEROR'S SPAIN
phonemes: fˈɔːɹ jˈɪɹz ʌv hɪz tʃˈaɪldhʊd hæd pˈæst ɪnðə spˈænɪʃ kˈæsəl wˌɛɹ hiː hɐdbɪn ɐ hˈɑːstɪdʒ fɚðə bɹˈɪliənt fˈɑːðɚ hˌuː dɪdnˌɑːt lˈʌv hˌɪm ; ænd ɪt wʌz hɪz dˈɛstɪni ðæt hiː ʃˌʊd hˈɛnsfɔːɹθ dɪtˈɛst ðə lˈænd ʌv hɪz kæptˈɪvᵻɾi ænd mˌeɪk wˈɔːɹ əpˌɑːn ɪt, wˌaɪl hiː hɪmsˈɛlf wʌz ɪmbjˈuːd wɪððə spˈɪɹɪt ʌv ɪt, wˌaɪl hiː hɪmsˈɛlf ʃˌʊd tˈɜːn ðə vˈɑːlɐɾəl, spˈɑːn tˈeɪniəs ɡˈælɪk kˈæɹɪktɚɹ ʌv hɪz fˈɑːðɚz fɹˈæns ˌɪntʊ ɐ θˈɪŋ æz pˈælɪd, æz pɹɪsˈaɪs, æz dˈɛkɚɹəs, æz ðɪ ˈɛmpɚɹɚz spˈeɪn.