text_original: fortune or nature places at the greatest distance may instruction to each other. The writer of his own life has at least the first qualifi tion of an historian, the knowledge of the truth; an though it may be plausibly objected that his temptations disguise it are equal to his opportunities of knowing it, yet cannot but think that impartiality may be expected equal confidence from him that relates the passages of hm^i? own life, as from him that delivers the transactions of another.
text_transcription: FORTUNE OR NATURE PLACES AT THE GREATEST DISTANCE MAY AFFORD INSTRUCTION TO EACH OTHER THE WRITER OF HIS OWN LIFE HAS AT LEAST THE FIRST QUALIFICATION OF AN HISTORIAN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH AND THOUGH IT MAY BE PLAUSIBLY OBJECTED THAT HIS TEMPTATIONS TO DISGUISE IT ARE EQUAL TO HIS OPPORTUNITIES OF KNOWING IT YET I CANNOT BUT THINK THAT IMPARTIALITY MAY BE EXPECTED WITH EQUAL CONFIDENCE FROM HIM THAT RELATES THE PASSAGES OF HIS OWN LIFE AS FROM HIM THAT DELIVERS THE TRANSACTIONS OF ANOTHER
phonemes: fˈɔːɹtʃʊn ɔːɹ nˈeɪtʃɚ plˈeɪsᵻz æt ðə ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst dˈɪstəns mˈeɪ ɪnstɹˈʌkʃən tʊ ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚ. ðə ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn lˈaɪf hɐz æt lˈiːst ðə fˈɜːst kwˈɔlɪfi tɪˈɑːn əvən hɪstˈɔːɹiən, ðə nˈɑːlɪdʒ ʌvðə tɹˈuːθ; æn ðˌoʊ ɪt mˈeɪ biː plˈɔːzᵻbli ɑːbdʒˈɛktᵻd ðæt hɪz tɛmptˈeɪʃənz dɪsɡˈaɪz ɪɾ ɑːɹ ˈiːkwəl tə hɪz ɑːpɚtˈuːnᵻɾiz ʌv nˈoʊɪŋ ɪt, jˈɛt kænˈɑːt bˌʌt θˈɪŋk ðæt ɪmpˌɑːɹʃɪˈælᵻɾi mˈeɪ biː ɛkspˈɛktᵻd ˈiːkwəl kˈɑːnfɪdəns fɹʌm hˌɪm ðæt ɹᵻlˈeɪts ðə pˈæsɪdʒᵻz ʌv ˌeɪtʃˈɛm ˈaɪ? ˈoʊn lˈaɪf, æz fɹʌm hˌɪm ðæt dᵻlˈɪvɚz ðə tɹænsˈækʃənz ʌv ɐnˈʌðɚ.