text_original: It is a melancholy truth {158} that not one of these reforms would have been effected at the time or for long after if those who suffered most cruelly from existing wrongs had always been content to suffer in law abiding peacefulness, and to allow the justice of their cause to prove itself by patient argument addressed to the reason, the sympathy, and the conscience of the ruling orders.
text_transcription: IT IS A MELANCHOLY TRUTH THAT NOT ONE OF THESE REFORMS WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTED AT THE TIME OR FOR LONG AFTER IF THOSE WHO SUFFERED MOST CRUELLY FROM EXISTING WRONGS HAD ALWAYS BEEN CONTENT TO SUFFER IN LAW ABIDING PEACEFULNESS AND TO ALLOW THE JUSTICE OF THEIR CAUSE TO PROVE ITSELF BY PATIENT ARGUMENT ADDRESSED TO THE REASON THE SYMPATHY AND THE CONSCIENCE OF THE RULING ORDERS
phonemes: ɪɾ ɪz ɐ mˈɛləŋkˌɑːli tɹˈuːθ {wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt} ðæt nˌɑːt wˈʌn ʌv ðiːz ɹᵻfˈɔːɹmz wʊdhɐv bˌɪn ɪfˈɛktᵻd æt ðə tˈaɪm ɔːɹ fɔːɹ lˈɔŋ ˈæftɚ ɪf ðoʊz hˌuː sˈʌfɚd mˈoʊst kɹˈuːəli fɹʌm ɛɡzˈɪstɪŋ ɹˈɔŋz hæd ˈɔːlweɪz bˌɪn kəntˈɛnt tə sˈʌfɚɹ ɪn lˈɔː ɐbˈaɪdɪŋ pˈiːsfəlnəs, ænd tʊ ɐlˈaʊ ðə dʒˈʌstɪs ʌv ðɛɹ kˈɔːz tə pɹˈuːv ɪtsˈɛlf baɪ pˈeɪʃənt ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənt ɐdɹˈɛst tə ðə ɹˈiːzən, ðə sˈɪmpəθi, ænd ðə kˈɑːnʃəns ʌvðə ɹˈuːlɪŋ ˈɔːɹdɚz.