text_original: We may be sure that there were stories told about the father of Frederick the Great, about Catherine of Russia, about a late King of Bavaria, which were not true, but none the less the historian is undoubtedly helped to form an estimate of the ways and doings of these exalted personages by the collective testimony of the stories that are told about them and believed in their own time.
text_transcription: WE MAY BE SURE THAT THERE WERE STORIES TOLD ABOUT THE FATHER OF FREDERICK THE GREAT ABOUT CATHARINE OF RUSSIA ABOUT A LATE KING OF BAVARIA WHICH WERE NOT TRUE BUT NONE THE LESS THE HISTORIAN IS UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED TO FORM AN ESTIMATE OF THE WAYS AND DOINGS OF THESE EXALTED PERSONAGES BY THE COLLECTIVE TESTIMONY OF THE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD ABOUT THEM AND BELIEVED IN THEIR OWN TIME
phonemes: wiː mˈeɪ biː ʃˈʊɹ ðæt ðɛɹwˌɜː stˈɔːɹiz tˈoʊld ɐbˌaʊt ðə fˈɑːðɚɹ ʌv fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk ðə ɡɹˈeɪt, ɐbˌaʊt kˈæθɹɪn ʌv ɹˈʌʃə, ɐbˌaʊt ɐ lˈeɪt kˈɪŋ ʌv bɐvˈɛɹiə, wˌɪtʃ wɜː nˌɑːt tɹˈuː, bˌʌt nˈʌn ðə lˈɛs ðə hɪstˈɔːɹiən ɪz ʌndˈaʊɾᵻdli hˈɛlpt tə fˈɔːɹm ɐn ˈɛstᵻmət ʌvðə wˈeɪz ænd dˈuːɪŋz ʌv ðiːz ɛɡzˈɑːltᵻd pˈɜːsənɪdʒᵻz baɪ ðə kəlˈɛktɪv tˈɛstᵻməni ʌvðə stˈɔːɹiz ðæt ɑːɹ tˈoʊld ɐbˌaʊt ðˌɛm ænd bᵻlˈiːvd ɪn ðɛɹ ˈoʊn tˈaɪm.