text_original: Conscientious rulers also were tempted to meddle or dictate, sometimes from the strong man^s instinctive grasp of power, sometimes from impatience of disorder and confusion, or from a love of symmetry and uniformity of system ; and above all it seemed their duty to step in to prevent such waste or misuse of public funds as might burden future ages or dry the sources of the streams that fed the imperial treasury.
text_transcription: CONSCIENTIOUS RULERS ALSO WERE TEMPTED TO MEDDLE OR DICTATE SOMETIMES FROM THE STRONG MAN'S INSTINCTIVE GRASP OF POWER SOMETIMES FROM IMPATIENCE OF DISORDER AND CONFUSION OR FROM A LOVE OF SYMMETRY AND UNIFORMITY OF SYSTEM AND ABOVE ALL IT SEEMED THEIR DUTY TO STEP IN TO PREVENT SUCH WASTE OR MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AS MIGHT BURDEN FUTURE AGES OR DRY THE SOURCES OF THE STREAMS THAT FED THE IMPERIAL TREASURY
phonemes: kˌɑːnsɪˈɛnʃəs ɹˈuːlɚz ˈɔːlsoʊ wɜː tˈɛmptᵻd tə mˈɛdəl ɔːɹ dˈɪkteɪt, sˈʌmtaɪmz fɹʌmðə stɹˈɔŋ mˈæn ˈɛs ɪnstˈɪŋktɪv ɡɹˈæsp ʌv pˈaʊɚ, sˈʌmtaɪmz fɹʌm ɪmpˈeɪʃəns ʌv dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ ænd kənfjˈuːʒən, ɔːɹ fɹʌm ɐ lˈʌv ʌv sˈɪmətɹi ænd jˌuːnɪfˈɔːɹmᵻɾi ʌv sˈɪstəm ; ænd əbˌʌv ˈɔːl ɪt sˈiːmd ðɛɹ dˈuːɾi tə stˈɛp ɪn tə pɹɪvˈɛnt sˈʌtʃ wˈeɪst ɔːɹ mɪsjˈuːs ʌv pˈʌblɪk fˈʌndz æz mˌaɪt bˈɜːdən fjˈuːtʃɚɹ ˈeɪdʒᵻz ɔːɹ dɹˈaɪ ðə sˈɔːɹsᵻz ʌvðə stɹˈiːmz ðæt fˈɛd ðɪ ɪmpˈɪɹiəl tɹˈɛʒɚɹi.