text_original: now the tide had spent its force and the great empire was slowly sinking to decay. Like the Turks of later days they had no genius to organize or to create, but were at best an aristocracy of warlike clans, lording it over subject peoples, full of their pride of race and bar  barous disdain of all the arts of civilized progress, en  camped awhile among the great historic cities of the past, but only to waste and to destroy.
text_transcription: NOW THE TIDE HAD SPENT ITS FORCE AND THE GREAT EMPIRE WAS SLOWLY SINKING TO DECAY LIKE THE TURKS OF LATER DAYS THEY HAD NO GENIUS TO ORGANIZE AND TO CREATE BUT WERE AT BEST AN ARISTOCRACY OF WARLIKE CLANS LORDING IT OVER SUBJECT PEOPLES FULL OF THEIR PRIDE OF RACE AND BARBAROUS DISDAIN OF ALL THE ARTS OF CIVILIZED PROGRESS ENCAMPED AWHILE AMONG THE GREAT HISTORIC CITIES OF THE PAST BUT ONLY TO WASTE AND TO DESTROY
phonemes: nˈaʊ ðə tˈaɪd hæd spˈɛnt ɪts fˈɔːɹs ænd ðə ɡɹˈeɪt ˈɛmpaɪɚ wʌz slˈoʊli sˈɪŋkɪŋ tə dᵻkˈeɪ. lˈaɪk ðə tˈɜːks ʌv lˈeɪɾɚ dˈeɪz ðeɪ hæd nˈoʊ dʒˈiːnɪəs tʊ ˈɔːɹɡənˌaɪz ɔːɹ tə kɹiːˈeɪt, bˌʌt wɜːɹ æt bˈɛst ɐn ˌæɹɪstˈɑːkɹəsi ʌv wˈɔːɹlaɪk klˈænz, lˈɔːɹdɪŋ ɪɾ ˌoʊvɚ sˈʌbdʒɛkt pˈiːpəlz, fˈʊl ʌv ðɛɹ pɹˈaɪd ʌv ɹˈeɪs ænd bˈɑːɹ bˈæɹəs dɪsdˈeɪn ʌv ˈɔːl ðɪ ˈɑːɹts ʌv sˈɪvəlˌaɪzd pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs, ˈɛn kˈæmpt ɐwˈaɪl ɐmˌʌŋ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt hɪstˈɔːɹɪk sˈɪɾiz ʌvðə pˈæst, bˌʌt ˈoʊnli tə wˈeɪst ænd tə dᵻstɹˈɔɪ.