text_original: In later editions, " sell himself" is converted into "be sold," but as the passage then stood it was a sledge hammer with which one might beat the whole pro slavery Bible argument into atoms, and while the Visiter used it with all the force it could command, it took the gronnd that if the Bible did sanction slavery, the Bible must be wrong, since nothing could make slavery right.
text_transcription: IN LATER EDITIONS SELL HIMSELF IS CONVERTED INTO BE SOLD BUT AS THE PASSAGE THEN STOOD IT WAS THE SLEDGE HAMMER WITH WHICH ONE MIGHT BEAT THE WHOLE PRO SLAVERY BIBLE ARGUMENT INTO ATOMS AND WHILE THE VISITOR USED IT WITH ALL THE FORCE IT COULD COMMAND IT TOOK THE GROUND THAT IF THE BIBLE DID SANCTION SLAVERY THE BIBLE MUST BE WRONG SINCE NOTHING COULD MAKE SLAVERY RIGHT
phonemes: ɪn lˈeɪɾɚɹ ᵻdˈɪʃənz, " sˈɛl hɪmsˈɛlf" ɪz kənvˈɜːɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ "biː sˈoʊld," bˌʌt æz ðə pˈæsɪdʒ ðˈɛn stˈʊd ɪt wʌzɐ slˈɛdʒ hˈæmɚ wɪð wˌɪtʃ wˈʌn mˌaɪt bˈiːt ðə hˈoʊl pɹˈoʊ slˈeɪvɚɹi bˈaɪbəl ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənt ˌɪntʊ ˈæɾəmz, ænd wˌaɪl ðə vˈɪzɪɾɚ jˈuːzd ɪt wɪð ˈɔːl ðə fˈɔːɹs ɪt kʊd kəmˈænd, ɪt tˈʊk ðə ɡɹˈɑːnd ðæt ɪf ðə bˈaɪbəl dˈɪd sˈæŋkʃən slˈeɪvɚɹi, ðə bˈaɪbəl mˈʌst biː ɹˈɔŋ, sˈɪns nˈʌθɪŋ kʊd mˌeɪk slˈeɪvɚɹi ɹˈaɪt.