Historian Mark Noll places the speech "among the small handful of semi-sacred texts by which Americans conceive their place in the world;" it is inscribed in the Lincoln Memorial.
hɪstˈoːɹiən mˈɑːɹk nˈoʊl plˈeɪsᵻz ðə spˈiːtʃ "ɐmˌʌŋ ðə smˈɔːl hˈændfəl ʌv sˈɛmaɪsˈeɪkɹɪd tˈɛksts baɪ wˌɪtʃ ɐmˈɛɹɪkənz kənsˈiːv ðɛɹ plˈeɪs ɪnðə wˈɜːld;" ɪɾ ɪz ɪnskɹˈaɪbd ɪnðə lˈɪŋkən məmˈoːɹɪəl.