hiː kənsˈiːvd ɪɾ æz ɐ kɚɹˈɪɹ ʌv sˈoʊʃəl stˈeɪts ɚɹˈeɪndʒd ɪn ɐ skˈeɪl ˌɔn wˌɪtʃ mˈæn hɐz wˈɜːkt hɪz wˈeɪ ˌʌp fɹʌmðə bˈɑːɾəm.
He conceived it as a career of social states arranged in a scale on which man has worked his way up from the bottom.