text_original: When the friends who were gathered round his deathbed asked whom he wished to be the guardians of his young successor, he answered only ' Yourselves, if he be worthy ; ' then drawing his Stoic mantle round his head, he died as he had lived, with gentle dignity.
text_transcription: WHEN FRIENDS WHO WERE GATHERED ROUND THIS DEATHBED ASKED WHOM HE WISHED TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF HIS YOUNG SUCCESSOR HE ANSWERED ONLY YOURSELVES IF HE BE WORTHY THEN DRAWING HIS STOIC MANTLE ROUND HIS HEAD HE DIED AS HE HAD LIVED WITH GENTLE DIGNITY
phonemes: wˌɛn ðə fɹˈɛndz hˌuː wɜː ɡˈæðɚd ɹˈaʊnd hɪz dˈɛθbɛd ˈæskt hˈuːm hiː wˈɪʃt təbi ðə ɡˈɑːɹdiənz ʌv hɪz jˈʌŋ səksˈɛsɚ, hiː ˈænsɚd ˈoʊnli jɔːɹsˈɛlvz, ɪf hiː biː wˈɜːði ; ðˈɛn dɹˈɔːɪŋ hɪz stˈoʊɪk mˈæntəl ɹˈaʊnd hɪz hˈɛd, hiː dˈaɪd æz hiː hæd lˈɪvd, wɪð dʒˈɛntəl dˈɪɡnᵻɾi.