ðə pɹˈaɪm ɐnˈæləɡˌeɪt ɪz ɐn ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl wˈɜːkɪŋ hɪz wˈeɪ ˌʌp ɪn səsˈaɪəɾi; ðæt ˈɪz, mˈɔːɹɡən, hˌuː wʌz wˈɛl ɹˈɛd ɪn klˈæsɪks, ɹᵻlˈaɪz ɔnðə ɹˈoʊmən kˈɜːsəs ənˈoːɹəm, ɹˈaɪzɪŋ θɹuː ðə ɹˈæŋks, wˌɪtʃ bɪkˌeɪm ðə bˈeɪsɪs ʌvðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ aɪdˈiəz ʌv kɚɹˈɪɹ ænd wˈɜːkɪŋ jʊɹ wˈeɪ ˈʌp, tə wˌɪtʃ hiː blˈɛndz ɪnðə ɹˈæʃənəlˌɪst aɪdˈiə əvə skˈeɪlə, ɔːɹ lˈædɚ, ʌv lˈaɪf.
The prime analogate is an individual working his way up in society; that is, Morgan, who was well read in classics, relies on the Roman cursus honorum, rising through the ranks, which became the basis of the English ideas of career and working your way up, to which he blends in the rationalist idea of a scala, or ladder, of life.