text_original: But when Defoe set himself to present the case for the English state Church as an English churchman might have presented it, we can easily understand how he made himself, for the time, a representative of the extreme spirit of the churchman and allowed himself to argue down even his own genuine conviction. The spirit of the novelist was there as well as that of the mere satirist.
text_transcription: BUT WHEN DEFOE SET HIMSELF TO PRESENT THE CASE FOR THE ENGLISH STATE CHURCH AS AN ENGLISH CHURCHMAN MIGHT HAVE PRESENTED IT WE CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND HOW HE MADE HIMSELF FOR THE TIME A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EXTREME SPIRIT OF THE CHURCHMAN AND ALLOWED HIMSELF TO ARGUE DOWN EVEN HIS OWN GENUINE CONVICTION THE SPIRIT OF THE NOVELIST WAS THERE AS WELL AS THAT OF THE MERE SATIRIST
phonemes: bˌʌt wɛn dᵻfˈoʊ sˈɛt hɪmsˈɛlf tə pɹɪzˈɛnt ðə kˈeɪs fɚðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ stˈeɪt tʃˈɜːtʃ æz ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ tʃˈɜːtʃmən mˌaɪthɐv pɹɪzˈɛntᵻd ɪt, wiː kæn ˈiːzili ˌʌndɚstˈænd hˌaʊ hiː mˌeɪd hɪmsˈɛlf, fɚðə tˈaɪm, ɐ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntətˌɪv ʌvðɪ ɛkstɹˈiːm spˈɪɹɪt ʌvðə tʃˈɜːtʃmən ænd ɐlˈaʊd hɪmsˈɛlf tʊ ˈɑːɹɡjuː dˌaʊn ˈiːvən hɪz ˈoʊn dʒˈɛnjuːɪn kənvˈɪkʃən. ðə spˈɪɹɪt ʌvðə nˈɑːvɪlˌɪst wʌz ðɛɹ æz wˈɛl æz ðæt ʌvðə mˈɪɹ sˈæɾɪɹˌɪst.