text_original: "Threescore years!" I exclaimed, longing to see the men of this race which had set up these monuments only to abandon them. "Ay, lad," he answered, "before you or I were born, and before our fathers were born, the French missionaries and soldiers threaded this wilderness.
text_transcription: THREESCORE YEARS I EXCLAIMED LONGING TO SEE THE MEN OF THIS RACE WHICH HAD SET UP THESE MONUMENTS ONLY TO ABANDON THEM DIE LAD HE ANSWERED BEFORE YOU AND I WERE BORN BEFORE OUR FATHERS WERE BORN THE FRENCH MISSIONARIES AND SOLDIERS THREADED THIS WILDERNESS
phonemes: "θɹˈiːskɔːɹ jˈɪɹz!" aɪ ɛksklˈeɪmd, lˈɔŋɪŋ tə sˈiː ðə mˈɛn ʌv ðɪs ɹˈeɪs wˌɪtʃ hæd sˈɛt ˌʌp ðiːz mˈɑːnjuːmənts ˈoʊnli tʊ ɐbˈændən ðˌɛm. "ˈaɪ, lˈæd," hiː ˈænsɚd, "bᵻfˌɔːɹ juː ɔːɹ aɪ wɜː bˈɔːɹn, ænd bᵻfˌɔːɹ ˌaʊɚ fˈɑːðɚz wɜː bˈɔːɹn, ðə fɹˈɛntʃ mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz ænd sˈoʊldʒɚz θɹˈɛdᵻd ðɪs wˈɪldɚnəs.