text_original: The opportunities of the highways presented themselves with singular force of temptation; he thought seriously of insurrection in Galilee; even the sea, ordinarily a retrospective horror to him, stretched itself map like before his fancy, laced and interlaced with lines of passage crowded with imperial plunder and imperial travellers; but the better judgment matured in calmer hours was happily too firmly fixed to be supplanted by present passion however strong.
text_transcription: THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE HIGHWAYS PRESENTED THEMSELVES WITH SINGULAR FORCE OF TEMPTATION HE THOUGHT SERIOUSLY OF INSURRECTION IN GALILEE EVEN THE SEA ORDINARILY A RETROSPECTIVE WHO TO HIM STRETCHED ITSELF MAPLITE BEFORE HIS FANCY LACED AND INTERLACED WITH LINES OF PASSAGE CROWDED WITH IMPERIAL PLUNDER AND IMPERIAL TRAVELLERS BUT THE BETTER JUDGMENT MATURED IN CALMER HOURS WAS HAPPILY TOO FIRMLY FIXED TO BE SUPPLANTED BY PRESENT PASSION HOWEVER STRONG
phonemes: ðɪ ɑːpɚtˈuːnᵻɾiz ʌvðə hˈaɪweɪz pɹɪzˈɛntᵻd ðɛmsˈɛlvz wɪð sˈɪŋɡjʊlɚ fˈɔːɹs ʌv tɛmptˈeɪʃən; hiː θˈɔːt sˈɪɹiəsli ʌv ɪnsɚɹˈɛkʃən ɪn ɡˈælɪlˌiː; ˈiːvən ðə sˈiː, ˌɔːɹdɪnˈɛɹᵻli ɐ ɹˌɛtɹoʊspˈɛktɪv hˈɔɹɚ tə hˌɪm, stɹˈɛtʃt ɪtsˈɛlf mˈæp lˈaɪk bᵻfˌɔːɹ hɪz fˈænsi, lˈeɪst ænd ˌɪntɚlˈeɪst wɪð lˈaɪnz ʌv pˈæsɪdʒ kɹˈaʊdᵻd wɪð ɪmpˈɪɹiəl plˈʌndɚ ænd ɪmpˈɪɹiəl tɹˈævɛlɚz; bˌʌt ðə bˈɛɾɚ dʒˈʌdʒmənt mətʃˈʊɹd ɪn kˈɑːmɚɹ ˈaʊɚz wʌz hˈæpɪli tˈuː fˈɜːmli fˈɪkst təbi səplˈæntᵻd baɪ pɹˈɛzənt pˈæʃən haʊˈɛvɚ stɹˈɔŋ.