text_original: That vulgar minds should consider my attention to my studies in such a conjuncture as unnatural and affected, I should not much wonder; but that you would blame it as such I did not apprehend  you, whom no business could separate from the muses; you, who approached nearer to the fiery storm, and died by the suffocating heat of the vapour. _Pliny the Elder_.  I died in doing my duty.
text_transcription: THAT VULGAR MINDS SHOULD CONSIDER MY ATTENTION TO MY STUDIES IN SUCH A CONJUNCTURE AS UNNURAL AND AFFECTED I SHOULD NOT MUCH WONDER BUT THAT YOU WOULD BLAME IT AS SUCH I DID NOT APPREHEND YOU WHOM NO BUSINESS COULD SEPARATE FROM THE MUSES YOU WHO APPROACHED NEARER TO THE FIERY STORM AND DIED BY THE SUFFOCATING HEAT OF THE VAPOR I DIED IN DOING MY DUTY
phonemes: ðæt vˈʌlɡɚ mˈaɪndz ʃˌʊd kənsˈɪdɚ maɪ ɐtˈɛnʃən tə maɪ stˈʌdiz ɪn sˈʌtʃ ɐ kəndʒˈʌŋktʃɚɹ æz ʌnnˈætʃɚɹəl ænd ɐfˈɛktᵻd, aɪ ʃˌʊd nˌɑːt mˈʌtʃ wˈʌndɚ; bˌʌt ðæt juː wʊd blˈeɪm ɪɾ æz sˈʌtʃ aɪ dɪdnˌɑːt ˌæpɹihˈɛnd juː, hˈuːm nˈoʊ bˈɪznəs kʊd sˈɛpɚɹˌeɪt fɹʌmðə mjˈuːzᵻz; juː, hˌuː ɐpɹˈoʊtʃt nˈɪɹɚ tə ðə fˈaɪɚɹi stˈɔːɹm, ænd dˈaɪd baɪ ðə sˈʌfəkˌeɪɾɪŋ hˈiːt ʌvðə vˈeɪpɚ. plˈaɪni ðɪ ˈɛldɚ.  aɪ dˈaɪd ɪn dˌuːɪŋ maɪ dˈuːɾi.