On January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln, then twenty-eight years old, delivered his first major speech at the Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois, after the murder of newspaper editor Elijah Parish Lovejoy in Alton.
ˌɔn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt, ˈeɪbɹəhˌæm lˈɪŋkən, ðˈɛn twˈɛntiˈeɪt jˈɪɹz ˈoʊld, dᵻlˈɪvɚd hɪz fˈɜːst mˈeɪdʒɚ spˈiːtʃ æt ðə laɪsˈiːəm ɪn spɹˈɪŋfiːld, ˌɪlənˈɔɪ, ˈæftɚ ðə mˈɜːdɚɹ ʌv nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ᵻlˈaɪdʒə pˈæɹɪʃ lˈʌvdʒɔɪ ɪn ˈæltən.