text_original: The overwhelming strength of the demand for reform may be easily estimated when it is remembered that the majority in the great cities and towns, and also in the counties, were for once of the same opinion. In more than one great political controversy of modern times, as in the free trade agitation for example, it has happened that the town population were of one opinion and the county population of another.
text_transcription: THE OVERWHELMING STRENGTH OF THE DEMAND FOR REFORM MAY BE EASILY ESTIMATED WHEN IT IS REMEMBERED THAT THE MAJORITY IN THE GREAT CITIES AND TOWNS AND ALSO IN THE COUNTIES WERE FOR ONCE OF THE SAME OPINION IN MORE THAN ONE GREAT POLITICAL CONTROVERSY OF MODERN TIMES AS IN THE FREE TRADE AGITATION FOR EXAMPLE IT HAS HAPPENED THAT THE TOWN POPULATION WERE OF ONE OPINION AND THE COUNTRY POPULATION OF ANOTHER
phonemes: ðɪ ˌoʊvɚwˈɛlmɪŋ stɹˈɛŋθ ʌvðə dᵻmˈænd fɔːɹ ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm mˈeɪ biː ˈiːzili ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd wɛn ɪɾ ɪz ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚd ðætðə mədʒˈɔːɹᵻɾi ɪnðə ɡɹˈeɪt sˈɪɾiz ænd tˈaʊnz, ænd ˈɔːlsoʊ ɪnðə kˈaʊntiz, wɜː fɔːɹ wˈʌns ʌvðə sˈeɪm əpˈɪniən. ɪn mˈɔːɹ ðɐn wˈʌn ɡɹˈeɪt pəlˈɪɾɪkəl kˈɑːntɹəvˌɜːsi ʌv mˈɑːdɚn tˈaɪmz, æz ɪnðə fɹˈiː tɹˈeɪd ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, ɪt hɐz hˈæpənd ðætðə tˈaʊn pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən wɜːɹ ʌv wˈʌn əpˈɪniən ænd ðə kˈaʊnti pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ʌv ɐnˈʌðɚ.