text_original: From the most remote antiquity spontaneous generation had been accepted, and it is well 60 PASTEUR known that the ancients believed that eels were born from the slime of river banks, and that it did not seem to them impossible that bees should issue from the decomposing entrails of a bull.
text_transcription: FROM THE MOST REMOTE ANTIQUITY SPONTANEOUS GENERATION HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AND IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT THE ANCIENTS BELIEVED THAT EELS WERE BORN FROM THE SLIME OF RIVER BANKS AND THAT IT DID NOT SEEM TO THEM IMPOSSIBLE THAT BEES SHOULD ISSUE FROM THE DECOMPOSING ENTRAILS OF A BULL
phonemes: fɹʌmðə mˈoʊst ɹᵻmˈoʊt æntˈɪkwᵻɾi spɑːntˈeɪniəs dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən hɐdbɪn ɐksˈɛptᵻd, ænd ɪɾ ɪz wˈɛl sˈɪksti pæstˈʊɹ nˈoʊn ðætðɪ ˈeɪntʃənts bᵻlˈiːvd ðæt ˈiːlz wɜː bˈɔːɹn fɹʌmðə slˈaɪm ʌv ɹˈɪvɚ bˈæŋks, ænd ðˌɐɾɪt dɪdnˌɑːt sˈiːm tə ðˌɛm ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl ðæt bˈiːz ʃˌʊd ˈɪʃuː fɹʌmðə dˌiːkəmpˈoʊzɪŋ ˈɛntɹeɪlz əvə bˈʊl.