text_original: At one time he felt so disgusted by the enforced inaction to which he saw himself doomed, for the moment, that he was actually making up his mind to resign his command and to leave the Grand Alliance to try what it could do without him. He went so far as to let the home government know that he was unwilling to assume the responsi  bility any further, and it required all the assurances and the pressure of G^dolphin to prevail on him not to resign his command.
text_transcription: AT THAT TIME HE FELT SO DISGUSTED BY THE ENFORCED INACTION TO WHICH HE SAW HIMSELF DOOMED FOR THE MOMENT BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY MAKING UP HIS MIND TO RESIGN HIS COMMAND AND TO LEAVE THE GRAND ALLIANCE TO TRY WHAT IT COULD DO WITHOUT HIM HE WENT SO FAR AS TO LET THE HOME GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT HE WAS UNWILLING TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY ANY FURTHER AND IT REQUIRED ALL THE ASSURANCES AND THE PRESSURE OF GODOLPHIN TO PREVAIL ON HIM NOT TO RESIGN HIS COMMAND
phonemes: æt wˈʌn tˈaɪm hiː fˈɛlt sˌoʊ dɪsɡˈʌstᵻd baɪ ðɪ ɛnfˈɔːɹst ɪnˈækʃən tʊ wˌɪtʃ hiː sˈɔː hɪmsˈɛlf dˈuːmd, fɚðə mˈoʊmənt, ðæt hiː wʌz ˈæktʃuːəli mˌeɪkɪŋ ˌʌp hɪz mˈaɪnd tə ɹɪzˈaɪn hɪz kəmˈænd ænd tə lˈiːv ðə ɡɹˈænd ɐlˈaɪəns tə tɹˈaɪ wʌt ɪt kʊd dˈuː wɪðˈaʊt hˌɪm. hiː wɛnt sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ æz tə lˈɛt ðə hˈoʊm ɡˈʌvɚnmənt nˈoʊ ðæt hiː wʌz ʌnwˈɪlɪŋ tʊ ɐsˈuːm ðə ɹᵻspˈɑːnsi baɪlˈɪɾi ˌɛni fˈɜːðɚ, ænd ɪt ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚd ˈɔːl ðɪ əʃˈʊɹɹənsᵻz ænd ðə pɹˈɛʃɚɹ ʌv dʒˈiː dˈɑːlfɪn tə pɹɪvˈeɪl ˌɔn hˌɪm nˌɑːt tə ɹɪzˈaɪn hɪz kəmˈænd.