text_original: Being men of a terrible age, they did this with terrible means: cruelty to themselves, ingenious self  mortification — this was the chief method of these ambi  tious hermits and intellectual revolutionaries, who were obliged to force down the gods and the traditions of their own soul, so as to enable themselves to believe in their own revolution.
text_transcription: BEING MEN OF A TERRIBLE AGE THEY DID THIS WITH TERRIBLE MEANS CRUELTY TO THEMSELVES INGENIOUS SELF MORTIFICATION THIS WAS THE CHIEF METHOD OF THE AMBITIOUS HERMITS AND INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONARIES WHO WERE OBLIGED TO FORCE DOWN THE GODS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR OWN SOUL SO AS TO ENABLE THEMSELVES TO BELIEVE IN THEIR OWN REVOLUTION
phonemes: bˌiːɪŋ mˈɛn əvə tˈɛɹᵻbəl ˈeɪdʒ, ðeɪ dˈɪd ðɪs wɪð tˈɛɹᵻbəl mˈiːnz: kɹˈuːəlti tə ðɛmsˈɛlvz, ɪndʒˈiːniəs sˈɛlf mˌɔːɹɾɪfɪkˈeɪʃən — ðɪs wʌzðə tʃˈiːf mˈɛθəd ʌv ðiːz ˈæmbaɪ tɪˈuːz hˈɜːmɪts ænd ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃənˌɛɹiz, hˌuː wɜːɹ əblˈaɪdʒd tə fˈɔːɹs dˌaʊn ðə ɡˈɑːdz ænd ðə tɹɐdˈɪʃənz ʌv ðɛɹ ˈoʊn sˈoʊl, sˌoʊ æz tʊ ɛnˈeɪbəl ðɛmsˈɛlvz tə bᵻlˈiːv ɪn ðɛɹ ˈoʊn ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən.