text_original: Of Socrates, it is said, that he would frequently remain an entire day and night in the same attitude, absorbed in meditation; and why should we doubt this, when we know that La Fontaine and Thomson, Descartes and Newton, experienced the same abstraction?
text_transcription: OF SOCRATES IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD FREQUENTLY REMAIN AN ENTIRE DAY AND NIGHT IN THE SAME ATTITUDE ABSORBED IN MEDITATION AND WHY SHOULD WE DOUBT THIS WHEN WE KNOW THAT LA FONTAINE AND THOMSON DE CAFTEEN NEWTON EXPERIENCED THE SAME ABSTRACTION
phonemes: ʌv sˈɑːkɹɐtˌiːz, ɪɾ ɪz sˈɛd, ðæt hiː wʊd fɹˈiːkwəntli ɹᵻmˈeɪn ɐn ɛntˈaɪɚ dˈeɪ ænd nˈaɪt ɪnðə sˈeɪm ˈæɾɪtˌuːd, ɐbsˈɔːɹbd ɪn mˌɛdɪtˈeɪʃən; ænd wˌaɪ ʃˌʊd wiː dˈaʊt ðˈɪs, wˌɛn wiː nˈoʊ ðæt lˌæ fˈɔnteɪn ænd tˈɑːmsən, dᵻskˈɑːɹts ænd nˈuːtən, ɛkspˈiəɹɪənst ðə sˈeɪm ɐbstɹˈækʃən?