The Great Inspirer

摘要

At midnight a few days after his nomi-nation for president in 1952, Adlai Stevenson sneaked out of the Illinois governor's mansion in Springfield and walked the few blocks to Abraham Lincoln's home. After ascertaining that no one had seen him, he was let in by the caretaker and sat down for an hour in Lincoln's rocking chair. Afterward, while walking home, he later told a friend, he felt a "deep calm" as he faced the prospect of serving as president of the United States.