text_original: reading of books would only be likely to make poor people discontented with the lot to which it had pleased Providence to call them. Down to a very much later period in our history the prevailing idea, even among men who might have known better, was that compulsory education was a sort of thing which might be well suited to despotically governed countries like some of the German States, but was not suited to the habits and the doctrines of free  born EngHshmen.
text_transcription: READING OF BOOKS WOULD ONLY BE LIKELY TO MAKE POOR PEOPLE DISCONTENTED WITH THE LOCK TO WHICH IT PLEASED PROVIDENCE TO CALL THEM DOWN TO A VERY MUCH LATER PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY THE PREVAILING IDEA EVEN AMONG MEN WHO MIGHT HAVE KNOWN BETTER WAS THAT COMPULSORY EDUCATION WAS A SORT OF THING WHICH MIGHT BE WELL SUITED TO DESPOTICALLY GOVERNED COUNTRIES LIKE SOME OF THE GERMAN STATES BUT WAS NOT SUITED TO THE HABITS AND THE DOCTRINES OF FREE BORN ENGLISHMEN
phonemes: ɹˈiːdɪŋ ʌv bˈʊks wʊd ˈoʊnli biː lˈaɪkli tə mˌeɪk pˈʊɹ pˈiːpəl dɪskəntˈɛntᵻd wɪððə lˈɑːt tʊ wˌɪtʃ ɪt hæd plˈiːzd pɹˈɑːvɪdəns tə kˈɔːl ðˌɛm. dˌaʊn tʊ ɐ vˈɛɹi mˈʌtʃ lˈeɪɾɚ pˈiəɹɪəd ɪn ˌaʊɚ hˈɪstɚɹi ðə pɹɪvˈeɪlɪŋ aɪdˈiə, ˈiːvən ɐmˌʌŋ mˈɛn hˌuː mˌaɪthɐv nˈoʊn bˈɛɾɚ, wʌz ðæt kəmpˈʌlsɚɹi ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən wʌzɐ sˈɔːɹt ʌv θˈɪŋ wˌɪtʃ mˌaɪt biː wˈɛl sˈuːɾᵻd tə dɛspˈɑːɾɪkli ɡˈʌvɚnd kˈʌntɹiz lˈaɪk sˌʌm ʌvðə dʒˈɜːmən stˈeɪts, bˌʌt wʌz nˌɑːt sˈuːɾᵻd tə ðə hˈæbɪts ænd ðə dˈɑːktɹɪnz ʌv fɹˈiː bˈɔːɹn ˈɛŋ ˌeɪtʃˌɛsˈeɪtʃmˈɛn.