English Speech Files

Nested
mojomove411-20071111-coe
User: speechsubmission
Date: 2/13/2008 3:25 am
Views: 2098
Rating: 15
Speaker Characteristics:

Gender: male
Age range: adult
Pronunciation dialect: New York City and Northern NJ

Recording Information (don't worry if you can't find some of this information):

Microphone make: Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser
Microphone type: desktop / boom mic
Audio card make: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Audio card type: pci card
Audio Recording Software: Audacity rel 1.3.8 non free livna repo
O/S: Linux Fedora Core 6

File Info:

File type: wav
Sampling rate: 44.1kHz
Sample rate format: 16 bit
Number of channels: 1
Audio Processing: unknown

Processing Instructions:

Update WebGUI Forum: y

Prompts:

ceoe0001 TO COME BEFORE THE PUBLIC EYE UNTIL AFTER MY DEATH
ceoe0002 AND EXTRA JUDICIAL CONFESSIONS PROCEED FROM DEMIREPS ADVENTURERS OR SWINDLERS
ceoe0003 THAN THE SPECTACLE OF A HUMAN BEING OBTRUDING ON OUR NOTICE
ceoe0004 ACCORDINGLY THE GREATER PART OF OUR CONFESSIONS THAT IS SPONTANEOUS
ceoe0005 BY A VAST VERBALANCE FOR ANY VIOLENCE DONE TO THE FEELINGS I HAVE NOTICED
ceoe0006 AND SO NERVOUSLY AM I ALIVE TO REPROACH OF THIS TENDENCY
ceoe0007 AND THAT THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTINGUISHING THOSE PERSONS
ceoe0008 IN WIDELY REMOTE QUARTERS OF LONDON FROM WHOM I HAPPENED LATELY TO BE PURCHASING
ceoe0009 IN PROPORTION TO THE PROBABLE MOTIVES AND PROSPECTS OF THE OFFENDER
ceoe0010 MANIFEST A DISREGARD OF SUCH SALUTARY FEELINGS
ceoe0011 INTRODUCTION CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY TO THE READER
ceoe0012 AND FOR ANY SUCH ACTS OF GRATUITOUS SELF HUMILIATION
ceoe0013 THE COUNTERS OF THE DRUGGISTS WERE STREWED WITH PILLS OF ONE
ceoe0014 AND IT IS NOT WITHOUT AN ANXIOUS REVIEW OF THE REASONS FOR AND AGAINST THIS STEP
ceoe0015 HAVE UNTWISTED ALMOST TO ITS FINAL LINKS THE ACCURSED CHAIN WHICH FETTERED ME
ceoe0016 I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT THOSE EAT NOW WHO NEVER ATE BEFORE
ceoe0017 NONCOMMERCIAL NO DERIVATIVE LICENSE FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
ceoe0018 TO AN EXCESS NOT YET RECORDED FOOTNOTE ONE OF ANY OTHER MAN
ceoe0019 SPEAKING TO THE WISE QUOTE
ceoe0020 WHICH FIRST DROVE HIM TO THE USE OF OPIUM
ceoe0021 AIMING AT THE BARE RELIEF OF PAIN
ceoe0022 IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SERVICE WHICH I MAY THEREBY RENDER
ceoe0023 THEY APPROACH OR RECEDE FROM SHADES OF THAT DARK ALLIANCE
ceoe0024 HE FELT AS THOUGH RATS WERE GNAWING AND ABRADING THE COATS OF HIS STOMACH
ceoe0025 HIS MORAL ULCERS OR SCARS AND TEARING AWAY THAT DECENT DRAPERY
ceoe0026 WHEN FOR MANY REASONS THE WHOLE WILL BE PUBLISHED
ceoe0027 THAT I HAVE AT LAST CONCLUDED ON TAKING IT
ceoe0028 PURCHASED AT SO HEAVY A PRICE MIGHT COMPENSATE
ceoe0029 WITH THE MORAL OF MY NARRATIVE FOOTNOTES FOOTNOTE ONE
ceoe0030 AND JUSTIFY A BREACH OF THE GENERAL RULE
ceoe0031 WHICH AT THAT TIME WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO INDULGE IN ALE OR SPIRITS
ceoe0032 IT WOULD TAKE FROM THAT NECESSARY FEAR AND CAUTION
ceoe0033 I TRUST THAT IT WILL PROVE NOT MERELY AN INTERESTING RECORD
ceoe0034 THAT DELICATE AND HONOURABLE RESERVE WHICH FOR THE MOST PART RESTRAINS US
ceoe0035 WHO WERE KNOWN TO ME DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AS OPIUM EATERS
ceoe0036 OR SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO SUCH
ceoe0037 THAT WOULD HABITUATE THE USE AND MAKE IT MORE IN REQUEST WITH US
ceoe0038 MUST PROVE A GENERAL MISFORTUNE END QUOTE
ceoe0039 INFIRMITY AND MISERY DO NOT OF NECESSITY IMPLY GUILT
ceoe0040 GUILT THEREFORE I DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
ceoe0041 AS IF DECLINING TO CLAIM FELLOWSHIP WITH THE GREAT FAMILY OF MAN
ceoe0042 A LATE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE WHO DESCRIBED TO ME THE SENSATION
ceoe0043 GUILT AND MISERY SHRINK BY A NATURAL INSTINCT FROM PUBLIC NOTICE
ceoe0044 COULD FURNISH SO MANY SCORES OF CASES
ceoe0045 AS AIM AT THE EXCITEMENT OF POSITIVE PLEASURE
ceoe0046 AND WAGES RISING IT MAY BE THOUGHT THAT THIS PRACTICE WOULD CEASE
ceoe0047 SUCH A SELF CONQUEST MAY REASONABLY BE SET OFF
ceoe0048 FROM THE PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF OUR OWN ERRORS AND INFIRMITIES
ceoe0049 WOULD FURNISH A PROPORTIONABLE NUMBER THE SOUNDNESS OF THIS INFERENCE HOWEVER I DOUBTED
ceoe0050 ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF ALLOWING THIS OR ANY PART OF MY NARRATIVE
ceoe0051 NOR WOULD I WILLINGLY IN MY OWN PERSON
ceoe0052 APOTHECARY TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL IN HIS ESSAY ON THE EFFECTS OF OPIUM
ceoe0053 BUT IN A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE USEFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE
ceoe0054 INDEED THE FASCINATING POWERS OF OPIUM ARE ADMITTED EVEN BY MEDICAL WRITERS
ceoe0055 AND THAT WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONE SINGLE INQUIRER
ceoe0056 SOME YEARS AGO ON PASSING THROUGH MANCHESTER
ceoe0057 TO WHOM HABIT HAD RENDERED OPIUM NECESSARY
ceoe0058 OF THIS DRUG EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN THE FOLLOWING MYSTERIOUS TERMS
ceoe0059 DEAN OF BLANK LORD MR THE PHILOSOPHER
ceoe0060 AND THE PALLIATIONS KNOWN OR SECRET OF THE OFFENCE
ceoe0061 THE IMMEDIATE OCCASION OF THIS PRACTICE WAS THE LOWNESS OF WAGES
ceoe0062 IN COUNTERBALANCE TO ANY KIND OR DEGREE OF SELF INDULGENCE
ceoe0063 READER I AM SORRY TO SAY A VERY NUMEROUS CLASS INDEED
ceoe0064 WHICH IS TAINTED WITH THE SPURIOUS AND DEFECTIVE SENSIBILITY
ceoe0065 AND THOSE WHO ALWAYS ATE NOW EAT THE MORE
ceoe0066 PERHAPS HE THOUGHT THE SUBJECT OF TOO DELICATE A NATURE TO BE MADE COMMON
ceoe0067 I WILL MENTION TWO THREE RESPECTABLE LONDON DRUGGISTS
ceoe0068 BUT ON THE ONE HAND AS MY SELF ACCUSATION
ceoe0069 FROM SUCH AS WERE PURCHASING IT WITH A VIEW TO SUICIDE
ceoe0070 MR AND MANY OTHERS HARDLY LESS KNOWN
ceoe0071 WHICH TIME OR INDULGENCE TO HUMAN FRAILTY MAY HAVE DRAWN OVER THEM
ceoe0072 AND IF I DID IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I MIGHT STILL RESOLVE ON THE PRESENT ACT OF CONFESSION
ceoe0073 WITH A RELIGIOUS ZEAL AND HAVE AT LENGTH ACCOMPLISHED
ceoe0074 THAT I HAVE FOR MANY MONTHS HESITATED
ceoe0075 THEY COURT PRIVACY AND SOLITUDE AND EVEN IN THEIR CHOICE OF A GRAVE
ceoe0076 IT IS NO LESS TRUE THAT I HAVE STRUGGLED AGAINST THIS FASCINATING ENTHRALMENT
ceoe0077 ACCORDING AS THAT NAME SHALL BE EXTENDED TO ACTS
ceoe0078 APPEARS IN THE BODY OF THIS AUDIO RECORDING
ceoe0079 TO THE WHOLE CLASS OF OPIUM EATERS BUT WHO ARE THEY
ceoe0080 NOT TO INSIST THAT IN MY CASE THE SELF CONQUEST WAS UNQUESTIONABLE
ceoe0081 WHO ARE ITS GREATEST ENEMIES THUS FOR INSTANCE AWSITER
ceoe0082 FOR MY OWN PART WITHOUT BREACH OF TRUTH OR MODESTY
ceoe0083 WHICH SATISFIED ME THAT IT WAS NOT INCORRECT
ceoe0084 WAS EARNEST TO THE LAST
ceoe0085 UNTIL SOME FACTS BECAME KNOWN TO ME
ceoe0086 DOT COM RECORDING BY ROBERT SCOTT NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN
ceoe0087 OF THIS I BECAME CONVINCED SOME YEARS AGO
ceoe0088 MOJOMOVE FOUR ONE ONE DOT COM
ceoe0089 BY COMPUTING AT THAT TIME
ceoe0090 SO MUCH SO THAT ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ceoe0091 THE BENEFIT RESULTING TO OTHERS FROM THE RECORD OF AN EXPERIENCE
ceoe0092 THAN WITH TURKS THEMSELVES THE RESULT OF WHICH KNOWLEDGE
ceoe0093 NOW IF ONE CLASS COMPARATIVELY SO LIMITED
ceoe0094 WILL SOMETIMES SEQUESTER THEMSELVES FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION OF THE CHURCHYARD
ceoe0095 THE SELF INDULGENCE OPEN TO DOUBTS OF CASUISTRY
ceoe0096 WHAT I NEVER YET HEARD ATTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER MAN
ceoe0097 AND THE RESISTANCE TO IT IN ACT OR IN EFFORT
ceoe0098 OR TO THAT PART OF THE GERMAN
ceoe0099 END OF TO THE READER BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY
ceoe0100 THAT THEIR WORKPEOPLE WERE RAPIDLY GETTING INTO THE PRACTICE OF OPIUM EATING
ceoe0101 FROM THOSE WHO CAN BE SUPPOSED
ceoe0102 NOTHING INDEED IS MORE REVOLTING TO ENGLISH FEELINGS
ceoe0103 I HERE PRESENT YOU COURTEOUS READER
ceoe0104 WITH THE RECORD OF A REMARKABLE PERIOD IN MY LIFE
ceoe0105 TWO OR THREE GRAINS IN PREPARATION FOR THE KNOWN DEMAND OF THE EVENING
ceoe0106 IN THE NECESSITY OF THIS CONCLUSION I DO NOT ALTOGETHER CONCUR
ceoe0107 WILL AFTERWARDS DESCEND TO THE GROSS AND MORTAL ENJOYMENTS OF ALCOHOL
ceoe0108 EVEN FROM MY SCHOOLBOY DAYS IF OPIUM EATING BE A SENSUAL PLEASURE
ceoe0109 OF SOCIETY WE MUST LOOK TO FRENCH LITERATURE
ceoe0110 THE NUMBER OF THOSE IN ONE SMALL CLASS OF ENGLISH SOCIETY
ceoe0111 HAD NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY EXPLICIT ON THE PROPERTIES COUNTERAGENTS ETCETERA
ceoe0112 OF THE FRENCH ALL THIS I FEEL SO FORCIBLY
ceoe0113 SMALL QUANTITIES OF OPIUM ASSURED ME THAT THE NUMBER OF AMATEUR OPIUM EATERS
ceoe0114 AND AS MANY PEOPLE MIGHT THEN INDISCRIMINATELY USE IT
ceoe0115 FOR THERE ARE MANY PROPERTIES IN IT IF UNIVERSALLY KNOWN
ceoe0116 NOR IN ACT OR WORD DO ANYTHING TO WEAKEN THEM
ceoe0117 BUT AS I DO NOT READILY BELIEVE THAT ANY MAN HAVING ONCE TASTED THE DIVINE LUXURIES OF OPIUM
ceoe0118 DOES NOT AMOUNT TO A CONFESSION OF GUILT
ceoe0119 IN THE VERY SAME WORDS AS THE DEAN OF VIZ THAT
ceoe0120 AS I MAY TERM THEM WAS AT THIS TIME IMMENSE
ceoe0121 I MAY AFFIRM THAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN ON THE WHOLE
ceoe0122 BUT UPON THAT POINT I SHALL HAVE OCCASION TO SPEAK
ceoe0123 M O J O M O V E FOUR ONE ONE
ceoe0124 WHOM IT WOULD BE TEDIOUS TO MENTION
ceoe0125 BUT WHICH WILL POSSIBLY SURPRISE THE READER MORE
ceoe0126 WHO IF ALL BE TRUE WHICH IS REPORTED OF HIM
ceoe0127 AT THE CLOSE OF MY CONFESSIONS WHERE I SHALL PRESENT THE READER
ceoe0128 AND INTELLECTUAL IN THE HIGHEST SENSE MY PURSUITS AND PLEASURES HAVE BEEN
ceoe0129 HUMBLY TO EXPRESS A PENITENTIAL LONELINESS IT IS WELL UPON THE WHOLE
ceoe0130 THE CLASS OF MEN DISTINGUISHED FOR TALENTS OR OF EMINENT STATION
ceoe0131 THIS RECORDING MAY BE SHARED ACCORDING TO THE CREATIVE COMMONS
ceoe0132 I WAS INFORMED BY SEVERAL COTTON MANUFACTURERS
ceoe0133 WHICH SHOULD PREVENT THEIR EXPERIENCING THE EXTENSIVE POWER OF THIS DRUG
ceoe0134 ACCORDING TO MY APPLICATION OF IT
ceoe0135 OCCASIONED THEM DAILY TROUBLE AND DISPUTES THIS EVIDENCE RESPECTED LONDON ONLY
ceoe0136 THE LIFE OF A PHILOSOPHER FROM MY BIRTH I WAS MADE AN INTELLECTUAL CREATURE
ceoe0137 IT WAS A NATURAL INFERENCE THAT THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF ENGLAND
ceoe0138 AND WISHING IN THE AFFECTING LANGUAGE OF MR WORDSWORTH
ceoe0139 PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR SEVENTEEN SIXTY THREE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN WHY MEAD
ceoe0140 INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER
ceoe0141 HAS GREATLY EXCEEDED ME IN QUANTITY END FOOTNOTES
ceoe0142 IN THAT HOPE IT IS THAT I HAVE DRAWN IT UP
ceoe0143 AT FIVE MINUTES AND TWENTY NINE SECONDS
ceoe0144 SO ON THE OTHER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF IT DID
ceoe0145 SUCH FOR INSTANCE AS THE ELOQUENT AND BENEVOLENT THE LATE
ceoe0146 IN SYMPATHY WITH THE DECENT AND SELF RESPECTING PART
ceoe0147 AND IF I AM BOUND TO CONFESS THAT I HAVE INDULGED IN IT
ceoe0148 AND THAT MUST BE MY APOLOGY FOR BREAKING THROUGH
ceoe0149 IN PROPORTION AS THE TEMPTATIONS TO IT WERE POTENT FROM THE FIRST
ceoe0150 AND FOR THE INTEREST OF US ALL THAT IT SHOULD BE SO
ceoe0151 NOT YET RECORDED I SAY FOR THERE IS ONE CELEBRATED MAN OF THE PRESENT DAY

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