U-Adlai Stevenson II wachitha kuphi ukuphila kwakhe kwasekuqaleni?
Context:U-Adlai Ewing Stevenson II wazalelwa eLos Angeles, eCalifornia, endaweni manje esaziwa ngokuthi yiNorth University Park Historic District. Indlu yakhe nendawo azalelwa kuyo e-2639 Monmouth Avenue iye yabizwa ngokuthi iLos Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. Wayeyilungu lomkhaya wezombangazwe ovelele e-Illinois. Umkhulu wakhe nobaba wakhe u-Adlai Stevenson I wayeyiPhini likaMongameli wase-United States ngaphansi kukaMongameli Grover Cleveland kusukela ngo-1893 kuya ku-1897. Uyise, uLewis Stevenson, akazange abambe isikhundla esikhethiwe, kodwa waqokwa njengoNobhala Wombuso wase-Illinois (1914<unk>1917) futhi wabhekwa njengomncintiswano onamandla wokhetho lwe-Democratic vice-presidential ngo-1928. Umkhulu kamama, uJesse W. Fell, wayengumngane oseduze nomphathi womkhankaso ka-Abraham Lincoln emncintiswaneni wakhe weSenate wase-US ngo-1858; UStevenson wayevame ukubhekisela kuFell njengokhokho wakhe ayemthanda kakhulu. Indodana kaStevenson endala, u-Adlai E. Stevenson III, waba yiSenator yase-US evela e-Illinois (1970<unk>1981). Unina kwakunguHelen Davis Stevenson, futhi wayenodadewabo omdala, u-Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, umbhali owayebizwa ngokuthi "uBuffie". Umlingisi uMcLean Stevenson wayengumzala wesibili owayekade esusiwe. Wayengumshana womlobi wemibhalo uMary Borden, futhi wasiza ekubhaleni ezinye zezinkulumo zakhe zezepolitiki.  UStevenson wakhulela edolobheni laseBloomington, e-Illinois; umndeni wakhe wawungamalungu omphakathi ophakeme waseBloomington futhi wawuhlala komunye wemizi ecebile yedolobha. NgoDisemba 30, 1912, eneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala, uStevenson wabulala ngephutha uRuth Merwin, umngani wakhe oneminyaka engu-16, ngesikhathi ekhombisa inqubo yokushayela ngesibhamu, esishiywe singenacala, ngesikhathi somcimbi ekhaya likaStevenson. UStevenson wacekelwa phansi yile ngozi futhi wayeqabukela ekhuluma noma exoxa ngayo njengomuntu omdala, ngisho nomkakhe nezingane zakhe. Nokho, ngo-1955, uStevenson wezwa ngowesifazane owayenendodana eyabhekana nenhlekelele efanayo. Wambhalela ukuthi kufanele atshele indodana yakhe ukuthi "kumelwe manje iphile kabili", okwathathwa abangane bakaStevenson njengokubhekisela esenzakalweni sokudutshulwa.  UStevenson washiya iBloomington High School ngemuva konyaka wakhe omncane futhi wafunda e-University High School eNormal, e-Illinois, "idolobha lamawele" laseBloomington, enyakatho nje. Wabe eseya esikoleni sokuhlala eConnecticut eThe Choate School (manje eyiChoate Rosemary Hall), lapho adlala khona eqenjini lethenisi, wadlala emidlalweni, futhi wakhethwa njengomhleli oyinhloko weThe Choate News, iphephandaba lesikole. Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe e-Choate ngo-1918, wabhalisa e-United States Naval Reserve futhi wakhonza esikhundleni somfundi wasolwandle, kodwa ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe kwaqedwa sekwephuze kakhulu ukuba abambe iqhaza eMpini Yezwe I.  Waya eNyuvesi yasePrinceton, waba ngumhleli ophethe iThe Daily Princetonian, waba yilungu le-American Whig-Cliosophic Society, waba yilungu le-Quadrangle Club, futhi wathola iziqu ze-BA ngo-1922 kwezemibhalo nomlando. Ngaphansi kokukhuthazwa nguyise wabe eseya eHarvard Law School, kodwa wathola umthetho "ungathandeki", futhi washiya ngemuva kokuhluleka amakilasi amaningana. Wabuyela eBloomington lapho abhalela khona iphephandaba lomndeni, iThe Daily Pantagraph, eyasungulwa ngukhokho wakhe omama uJesse Fell. I-Pantagraph, eyayinokusakazwa okukhulu kunanoma yiliphi iphephandaba e-Illinois ngaphandle kwendawo yaseChicago, yayiwumthombo oyinhloko womcebo womndeni wakwaStevenson. Ngemva kokushona kukanina ngo-1935, u-Adlai wathola ingxenye yesine yesitoko sePantagraph, okwamnika umthombo omkhulu, onokwethenjelwa wemali engenayo ukuphila kwakhe konke.  Ngonyaka owodwa ngemuva kokushiya iHarvard, uStevenson waphinde waba nentshisekelo emthethweni ngemuva kokukhuluma neJaji leNkantolo Ephakeme u-Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Lapho ebuyela ekhaya eBloomington, wanquma ukuqeda iziqu zakhe eNorthwestern University School of Law, ehambela amakilasi phakathi nesonto futhi ebuyela eBloomington ngezimpelasonto ukuyobhalela iPantagraph. UStevenson wathola i-J.D. degree yakhe eNorthwestern ngo-1926 futhi waphumelela ukuhlolwa kwe-Illinois state bar ngalowo nyaka. Wathola isikhundla kwaCutting, Moore & Sidley, enye yezinkampani zabameli ezindala nezidume kakhulu eChicago.
U-Adlai Stevenson II wazalelwa eLos Angeles, eCalifornia kodwa wakhulela eBloomington, e-Illinois. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme wathuthela eNormal, e-Illinois wabe eseya esikoleni okuhlalwa kuso eConnecticut. Ekolishi wafunda ePrinceton wabe esefunda isikhashana eHarvard Law School. Ngemva kokushiya iHarvard wabuyela eBloomington kodwa waya emakilasini eNorthwestern University School of Law phakathi nesonto.