text_original: If, true to her theory, she provokes her reader by preferring the Latin poets to the Greek ones, and Quintilian to Cicero, simply because of their later date ; if she persists, rather than modify her views, that the sterile scholasticism of the Middle Ages was not a real retrogression, and strangely overlooks, in her admiration for Christianity, the intellectual benefits which man Digitized by VjOOQLC HER WORKS.
text_transcription: IF TRUE TO HER THEORY SHE PROVOKES HER READER BY PREFERRING THE LATIN POETS TO THE GREEK ONES AND QUINTILIAN TO CICERO SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR LATER DATE IF SHE PERSISTS RATHER THAN MODIFY HER VIEWS THAT THE STERILE SCHOLASTICISM OF THE MIDDLE AGES WAS NOT A REAL RETROGRESSION AND STRANGELY OVERLOOKS IN HER ADMIRATION FOR CHRISTIANITY THE INTELLECTUAL BENEFITS WHICH MAN
phonemes: ɪf, tɹˈuː tə hɜː θˈiəɹi, ʃiː pɹəvˈoʊks hɜː ɹˈiːdɚ baɪ pɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ ðə lˈætɪn pˈoʊɪts tə ðə ɡɹˈiːk wˌʌnz, ænd kwɪntˈɪliən tə sˈaɪsɹoʊ, sˈɪmpli bɪkˈʌz ʌv ðɛɹ lˈeɪɾɚ dˈeɪt ; ɪf ʃiː pɚsˈɪsts, ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn mˈɑːdᵻfˌaɪ hɜː vjˈuːz, ðætðə stˈɛɹəl skəlˈæstɪsˌɪzəm ʌvðə mˈɪdəl ˈeɪdʒᵻz wʌz nˌɑːɾɚ ɹˈiːəl ɹˌɛtɹoʊɡɹˈɛʃən, ænd stɹˈeɪndʒli ˌoʊvɚlˈʊks, ɪn hɜːɹ ˌædmɚɹˈeɪʃən fɔːɹ kɹˌɪstɪˈænᵻɾi, ðɪ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl bˈɛnɪfˌɪts wˌɪtʃ mˈæn dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːklk hɜː wˈɜːks.