text_original: " He was a slow reader," says one of his biographers, " but a dili  gent marker of whatsoever he read; for he seldom read without pen in hand, and whatsoever made for either one part or the other of things being in controversy, he wrote it out if it were short, or, at least, noted the author and the place, that he might find it and write it out by leisure."
text_transcription: HE WAS A SLOW READER SAYS ONE OF HIS BIOGRAPHERS BUT A DILIGENT MARKER OF WHATSOEVER HE READ FOR HE SELDOM READ WITHOUT PEN IN HAND AND WHATSOEVER MADE EITHER FOR ONE PART OR THE OTHER OF THINGS BEING IN CONTROVERSY HE WROTE IT OUT IF IT WERE SHORT OR AT LEAST NOTED THE AUTHOR AND THE PLACE THAT HE MIGHT FIND IT RIGHTED OUT BY LEIS
phonemes: " hiː wʌzɐ slˈoʊ ɹˈiːdɚ," sˈɛz wˈʌn ʌv hɪz baɪˈɑːɡɹəfɚz, " bˌʌt ɐ dˈɪli dʒˈɛnt mˈɑːɹkɚɹ ʌv wʌtsˌoʊˈɛvɚ hiː ɹˈiːd; fɔːɹ hiː sˈɛldəm ɹˈiːd wɪðˌaʊt pˈɛn ɪn hˈænd, ænd wʌtsˌoʊˈɛvɚ mˌeɪd fɔːɹ ˈiːðɚ wˈʌn pˈɑːɹt ɔːɹ ðɪ ˈʌðɚɹ ʌv θˈɪŋz bˌiːɪŋ ɪn kˈɑːntɹəvˌɜːsi, hiː ɹˈoʊt ɪɾ ˈaʊt ɪf ɪt wɜː ʃˈɔːɹt, ɔːɹ, æt lˈiːst, nˈoʊɾᵻd ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ ænd ðə plˈeɪs, ðæt hiː mˌaɪt fˈaɪnd ɪt ænd ɹˈaɪt ɪɾ ˈaʊt baɪ lˈiːʒɚ."