text_original: The one great lesson it teaches is, that political agitation fives and is formidable only by virtue of what is reasonable in its demands. Thousands of ignorant and miserable men all over the country joined the Chartist agitation who cared nothing about the substantial value of its political 104 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. CH. T. claims. They were poor, they were overworked, they were badly paid, their lives were altogether wretched.
text_transcription: THE ONE GREAT LESSON IT TEACHES IS THAT POLITICAL AGITATION LIVES AND IS FORMIDABLE ONLY BY VIRTUE OF WHAT IS REASONABLE IN ITS DEMANDS THOUSANDS OF IGNORANT AND MISERABLE MEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY JOINED THE CHARTIST AGITATION WHO CARED NOTHING ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIAL VALUE OF ITS POLITICAL CLAIMS THEY WERE POOR THEY WERE OVERWORKED THEY WERE BADLY PAID THEIR LIVES WERE ALTOGETHER WRETCHED
phonemes: ðə wˈʌn ɡɹˈeɪt lˈɛsən ɪt tˈiːtʃᵻz ɪz, ðæt pəlˈɪɾɪkəl ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən fˈaɪvz ænd ɪz fɔːɹmˈɪdəbəl ˈoʊnli baɪ vˈɜːtʃuː ʌv wʌt ɪz ɹˈiːzənəbəl ɪn ɪts dᵻmˈændz. θˈaʊzəndz ʌv ˈɪɡnɚɹənt ænd mˈɪzɹəbəl mˈɛn ˈɔːl ˌoʊvɚ ðə kˈʌntɹi dʒˈɔɪnd ðə tʃˈɑːɹɾɪst ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən hˌuː kˈɛɹd nˈʌθɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt ðə səbstˈænʃəl vˈæljuː ʌv ɪts pəlˈɪɾɪkəl wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɔːɹ ɐ hˈɪstɚɹi ʌv ˌaʊɚɹ ˌoʊdˌʌbəljˌuːˈɛn tˈaɪmz. sˌiːˈeɪtʃ. tˈiː. klˈeɪmz. ðeɪ wɜː pˈʊɹ, ðeɪ wɜːɹ ˌoʊvɚwˈɜːkt, ðeɪ wɜː bˈædli pˈeɪd, ðɛɹ lˈaɪvz wɜːɹ ˌɔːltəɡˈɛðɚ ɹˈɛtʃᵻd.