text_original: I am quite sure that they would have discredited, or attempted to discredit, my story, had I told it at the time. They would have resented the idea that someone so much ahead of them had discovered a principle that still baffles this age of ours, and I would have had no evidence to present.
text_transcription: I AM QUITE SURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DISCREDITED OR ATTEMPTED TO DISCREDIT MY STORY HAD I TOLD IT AT THE TIME THEY WOULD HAVE RESENTED THE IDEA THAT SOME ONE SO MUCH AHEAD OF THEM HAD DISCOVERED A PRINCIPLE THAT STILL BAFFLES THIS AGE OF OURS AND I WOULD HAVE HAD NO EVIDENCE TO PRESENT
phonemes: aɪɐm kwˈaɪt ʃˈʊɹ ðæt ðeɪ wʊdhɐv dɪskɹˈɛdɪɾᵻd, ɔːɹ ɐtˈɛmptᵻd tə dɪskɹˈɛdɪt, maɪ stˈɔːɹi, hæd aɪ tˈoʊld ɪɾ æt ðə tˈaɪm. ðeɪ wʊdhɐv ɹiːsˈɛntᵻd ðɪ aɪdˈiə ðæt sˈʌmwʌn sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ ɐhˈɛd ʌv ðˌɛm hæd dɪskˈʌvɚd ɐ pɹˈɪnsɪpəl ðæt stˈɪl bˈæfəlz ðɪs ˈeɪdʒ ʌv aʊɚz, ænd aɪ wʊdhɐv hæd nˈoʊ ˈɛvɪdəns tə pɹɪzˈɛnt.