text_original: To prove the perfectibility of the human mind, she then had but poetry and philosophy. To the latter she assigned the really glorious future, while the former she regarded as finished. She was the first of the Romanticists, in the sense that she preferred the poetry of the north to that of the south ; and her predilections in this line carried her so far, that she placed Ossian above Homer.
text_transcription: TO PROVE THE PERFECTIBILITY OF THE HUMAN MIND SHE THEN HAD BUT POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY TO THE LATTER SHE ASSIGNED THE REALLY GLORIOUS FUTURE WHILE THE FORMER SHE REGARDED AS FINISHED SHE WAS THE FIRST OF THE ROMANTICISTS IN THE SENSE THAT SHE PREFERRED THE POETRY OF THE NORTH TO THAT OF THE SOUTH AND HER PREDILECTIONS IN THIS LINE CARRIED HER SO FAR THAT SHE PLACED ASIAN ABOVE HOMER
phonemes: tə pɹˈuːv ðə pɚfˌɛktəbˈɪlᵻɾi ʌvðə hjˈuːmən mˈaɪnd, ʃiː ðˈɛn hæd bˌʌt pˈoʊɪtɹi ænd fɪlˈɑːsəfi. tə ðə lˈæɾɚ ʃiː ɐsˈaɪnd ðə ɹˈiəli ɡlˈɔːɹiəs fjˈuːtʃɚ, wˌaɪl ðə fˈɔːɹmɚ ʃiː ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd æz fˈɪnɪʃt. ʃiː wʌzðə fˈɜːst ʌvðə ɹoʊmˈæntɪsˌɪsts, ɪnðə sˈɛns ðæt ʃiː pɹɪfˈɜːd ðə pˈoʊɪtɹi ʌvðə nˈɔːɹθ tə ðæt ʌvðə sˈaʊθ ; ænd hɜː pɹˌɛdəlˈɛkʃənz ɪn ðɪs lˈaɪn kˈæɹid hɜː sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ, ðæt ʃiː plˈeɪst ˈɑːʃən əbˌʌv hˈoʊmɚ.