text_original: Even if Wilkes had been, which Wilkes was not, the kind of a man to make a good editor, a good annotator, the difficulties that lay in the way of the execution of his task were too many. The fact that the poems were so largely about himself gave a sufficient if not an almost imperative reason why he should leave the task alone. But in any case he must have felt conscious of what events proved, that there was other work for him to do in the world than the editing of other men's satires.
text_transcription: EVEN IF WILKES HAD BEEN WHICH WILKES WAS NOT THE KIND OF MAN TO MAKE A GOOD EDITOR A GOOD ANATOR THE DIFFICULTIES THAT LAY IN THE WAY OF THE EXECUTION OF HIS TASK WERE TOO MANY THE FACT THAT THE POEMS WERE SO LARGELY ABOUT HIMSELF GAVE A SUFFICIENT IF NOT AN ALMOST IMPERATIVE REASON WHY HE SHOULD LEAVE THE TASK ALONE BUT IN ANY CASE HE MUST HAVE FELT CONSCIOUS OF WHAT EVENTS PROVED THAT THERE WAS OTHER WORK FOR HIM TO DO IN THE WORLD THAN THE EDITING OF OTHER MAN'S SATIRES
phonemes: ˈiːvən ɪf wˈɪlks hɐdbɪn, wˌɪtʃ wˈɪlks wʌz nˈɑːt, ðə kˈaɪnd əvə mˈæn tə mˌeɪk ɐ ɡˈʊd ˈɛdɪɾɚ, ɐ ɡˈʊd ˈænətˌeɪɾɚ, ðə dˈɪfɪkˌʌltiz ðæt lˈeɪ ɪnðə wˈeɪ ʌvðɪ ˌɛksɪkjˈuːʃən ʌv hɪz tˈæsk wɜː tˈuː mɛni. ðə fˈækt ðætðə pˈoʊᵻmz wɜː sˌoʊ lˈɑːɹdʒli ɐbˌaʊt hɪmsˈɛlf ɡˈeɪv ɐ səfˈɪʃənt ɪf nˌɑːt ɐn ˈɔːlmoʊst ɪmpˈɛɹətˌɪv ɹˈiːzən wˌaɪ hiː ʃˌʊd lˈiːv ðə tˈæsk ɐlˈoʊn. bˌʌt ɪn ˌɛni kˈeɪs hiː mˈʌstɐv fˈɛlt kˈɑːnʃəs ʌv wʌt ᵻvˈɛnts pɹˈuːvd, ðæt ðɛɹwˌʌz ˈʌðɚ wˈɜːk fɔːɹ hˌɪm tə dˈuː ɪnðə wˈɜːld ðɐn ðɪ ˈɛdɪɾɪŋ ʌv ˈʌðɚ mˈɛnz sˈæɾaɪɚz.