text_original: Mr. Gladstone, however, had the mind of the financier even in those early days of his career, and he was at some pains to argue that the disproportion between the numbers of the Protestant and the Catholic populations in Ireland was not so great as Lord John Russell had asserted.
text_transcription: MISTER GLADSTONE HOWEVER HAD THE MIND OF THE FINANCIER EVEN IN THOSE EARLY DAYS OF HIS CAREER AND HE WAS AT SOME PAINS TO ARGUE THAT THE DISPROPORTION BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF THE PROTESTANT AND THE CATHOLIC POPULATIONS IN IRELAND WAS NOT SO GREAT AS LORD JOHN RUSSELL HAD ASSERTED
phonemes: mˈɪstɚ. ɡlˈædstoʊn, haʊˈɛvɚ, hæd ðə mˈaɪnd ʌvðə faɪnˈænsiɚɹ ˈiːvən ɪn ðoʊz ˈɜːli dˈeɪz ʌv hɪz kɚɹˈɪɹ, ænd hiː wʌz æt sˌʌm pˈeɪnz tʊ ˈɑːɹɡjuː ðætðə dˌɪspɹəpˈɔːɹʃən bᵻtwˌiːn ðə nˈʌmbɚz ʌvðə pɹˈɑːɾɪstənt ænd ðə kˈæθlɪk pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃənz ɪn ˈaɪɚlənd wʌz nˌɑːt sˌoʊ ɡɹˈeɪt æz lˈɔːɹd dʒˈɑːn ɹˈʌsəl hæd ɐsˈɜːɾᵻd.