text_original: No country in the world has ever shown a greater capacity for stubborn and untiring resistance than that of the Netherlands, but their struggle against the domination of Spain, pro  longed as it had to be through successive generations and victorious at last, had trained them above all things to a policy of defence.
text_transcription: NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS EVER SHOWN A GREATER CAPACITY FOR STUBBORN AND UNTIRING RESISTANCE THAN THAT OF THE NETHERLANDS BUT THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE DOMINATION OF SPAIN PROLONGED AS IT HAD BEEN THROUGH SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS AND VICTORIOUS AT LAST HAD TRAINED THEM ABOVE ALL THINGS TO A POLICY OF DEFENSE
phonemes: nˈoʊ kˈʌntɹi ɪnðə wˈɜːld hɐz ˈɛvɚ ʃˈoʊn ɐ ɡɹˈeɪɾɚ kəpˈæsᵻɾi fɔːɹ stˈʌbɚn ænd ʌntˈaɪɚɹɪŋ ɹᵻsˈɪstəns ðɐn ðæt ʌvðə nˈɛðɜːləndz, bˌʌt ðɛɹ stɹˈʌɡəl ɐɡˈɛnst ðə dˌɑːmᵻnˈeɪʃən ʌv spˈeɪn, pɹˈoʊ lˈɔŋd æz ɪt hædtə biː θɹuː səksˈɛsɪv dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənz ænd vɪktˈɔːɹiəs æt lˈæst, hæd tɹˈeɪnd ðˌɛm əbˌʌv ˈɔːl θˈɪŋz tʊ ɐ pˈɑːlɪsi ʌv dᵻfˈɛns.