text_original: If Nietzsche's criticism of democracy were as ignorant and empty, say, as the average evangelical clergyman's criticism of Darwin's hypothesis of natural selection, then the advocates of democracy could afford to dismiss it as loftily as the Darwinians dismiss the blather of the holy clerks.
text_transcription: IF NATURE'S CRITICISM OF DEMOCRACY WERE AS IGNORANT AND EMPTY SAY AS THE AVERAGE EVANGELICAL CLERGYMAN'S CRITICISM OF DARWIN'S HYPOTHESIS OF NATURAL SELECTION THEN THE ADVOCATES OF DEMOCRACY COULD AFFORD TO DISMISS IT AS LOFTILY AS THE DARWINIANS DISMISS THE BLATHER OF THE HOLY CLERKS
phonemes: ɪf nˈiːtʃəᵻz kɹˈɪɾɪsˌɪzəm ʌv dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi wɜːɹ æz ˈɪɡnɚɹənt ænd ˈɛmpti, sˈeɪ, æz ðɪ ˈævɹɪdʒ ˌiːvɐndʒˈɛlɪkəl klˈɜːdʒɪmənz kɹˈɪɾɪsˌɪzəm ʌv dˈɑːɹwɪnz haɪpˈɑːθəsˌɪs ʌv nˈætʃɚɹəl sᵻlˈɛkʃən, ðˈɛn ðɪ ˈædvəkˌeɪts ʌv dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi kʊd ɐfˈɔːɹd tə dɪsmˈɪs ɪɾ æz lˈɔftili æz ðə dɑːɹwˈɪniənz dɪsmˈɪs ðə blˈæðɚɹ ʌvðə hˈoʊli klˈɜːks.