text_original: It happened now and then that some contributor, sadly wanting in literary educa  tion, put forth ideas of sound common sense with an emphasis and a bluntness which became all the more telling from the homely phraseology in which they were clothed ; and sometimes, too, they were so ex  quisitely absurd that to publish them exactly as they were written was the most effective way of showing up the absurdity which they strove to defend.
text_transcription: IT HAPPENED NOW AND THEN THAT SOME CONTRIBUTOR SADLY WANTING IN LITERARY EDUCATION PUT FORTH IDEAS OF SOUND COMMON SENSE WITH AN EMPHASIS AND A BLUNTNESS WHICH BECAME ALL THE MORE TELLING FROM THE HOMELY PHRASEOLOGY IN WHICH THEY WERE CLOTHED AND SOMETIMES TOO THEY WERE SO EXQUISITELY ABSURD THAT TO PUBLISH THEM EXACTLY AS THEY WERE WRITTEN WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF SHOWING UP THE ABSURDITY WHICH THEY STROVE TO DEFEND
phonemes: ɪt hˈæpənd nˈaʊ ænd ðˈɛn ðæt sˌʌm kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾɚ, sˈædli wˈɔntɪŋ ɪn lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi ˈɛdʒuːkə tɪˈɑːn, pˌʊt fˈɔːɹθ aɪdˈiəz ʌv sˈaʊnd kˈɑːmən sˈɛns wɪð ɐn ˈɛmfəsɪs ænd ɐ blˈʌntnəs wˌɪtʃ bɪkˌeɪm ˈɔːl ðə mˈɔːɹ tˈɛlɪŋ fɹʌmðə hˈoʊmli fɹeɪsˈɑːlədʒi ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðeɪ wɜː klˈoʊðd ; ænd sˈʌmtaɪmz, tˈuː, ðeɪ wɜː sˌoʊ ˈɛks kwˈɪsɪtli ɐbsˈɜːd ðæt tə pˈʌblɪʃ ðˌɛm ɛɡzˈæktli æz ðeɪ wɜː ɹˈɪʔn̩ wʌzðə mˈoʊst ɪfˈɛktɪv wˈeɪ ʌv ʃˈoʊɪŋ ˌʌp ðɪ ɐbsˈɜːdᵻɾi wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ stɹˈoʊv tə dᵻfˈɛnd.