text_original: What he stood against was not their beliefs, but the elevation of those beliefs, by any sort of democratic process, to the dignity of a state philosophy—what he feared most was the pollution and crippling of the superior minority by intellectual disease from below.
text_transcription: WHAT HE STOOD AGAINST WAS NOT THEIR BELIEFS BUT THE ELEVATION OF THOSE BELIEFS BY ANY SORT OF DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO THE DIGNITY OF A STATE PHILOSOPHY WHAT HE FEARED MOST WAS THE POLLUTION AND CRIPPLING OF THE SUPERIOR MINORITY BY INTELLECTUAL DISEASE FROM BELOW
phonemes: wˌʌt hiː stˈʊd ɐɡˈɛnst wʌz nˌɑːt ðɛɹ bᵻlˈiːfs, bˌʌt ðɪ ˌɛlɪvˈeɪʃən ʌv ðoʊz bᵻlˈiːfs, baɪ ˌɛni sˈɔːɹt ʌv dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk pɹˈɑːsɛs, tə ðə dˈɪɡnᵻɾi əvə stˈeɪt fɪlˈɑːsəfi—wˌʌt hiː fˈɪɹd mˈoʊst wʌzðə pəlˈuːʃən ænd kɹˈɪplɪŋ ʌvðə suːpˈiəɹɪɚ maɪnˈɔːɹᵻɾi baɪ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl dɪzˈiːz fɹʌm bᵻlˈoʊ.