text_original: Perhaps we are as yet too near the events of the nineteenth century to see them in their tiTie perspective, or to assign to them the precise significance which, in the eyes of posterity, they will ultimately assume.
text_transcription: PERHAPS WE ARE AS YET TOO NEAR THE EVENTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO SEE THEM IN THEIR TRUE PERSPECTIVE OR TO ASSIGN TO THEM THE PRECISE SIGNIFICANCE WHICH IN THE EYES OF POSTERITY THEY WILL ULTIMATELY ASSUME
phonemes: pɚhˈæps wiː ɑːɹ æz jˈɛt tˈuː nˌɪɹ ðɪ ᵻvˈɛnts ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi tə sˈiː ðˌɛm ɪn ðɛɹ tˈaɪ tˈaɪ pɚspˈɛktɪv, ɔːɹ tʊ ɐsˈaɪn tə ðˌɛm ðə pɹɪsˈaɪs sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəns wˈɪtʃ, ɪnðɪ ˈaɪz ʌv pɑːstˈɛɹᵻɾi, ðeɪ wɪl ˈʌltᵻmətli ɐsˈuːm.