Cyril Connolly wrote, of the two intellectuals (Huxley and Heard) in the late 1930s, "all European avenues had been exhausted in the search for a way forward – politics, art, science – pitching them both toward the US in 1937."
sˈɪɹəl kˈɑːnoʊli ɹˈoʊt, ʌvðə tˈuː ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəlz hˈʌksli ænd hˈɜːd ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi z, "ˈɔːl jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən ˈævənˌuːz hɐdbɪn ɛɡzˈɔːstᵻd ɪnðə sˈɜːtʃ fɚɹə wˈeɪ fˈɔːɹwɚd pˈɑːlətˌɪks, ˈɑːɹt, sˈaɪəns pˈɪtʃɪŋ ðˌɛm bˈoʊθ təwˈɔːɹd ðə jˌuːˈɛs ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən."