Nobel Prize

As the Laureate was unable to be present on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1946 the acceptance was read by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the . I desire to express my grateful appreciation of this great honour and my pleasure in being associated in it today…

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Nobel Lecture, April 7, 1948 Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism It is natural to try to understand one’s own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it. The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are…

Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1946 The Leadership Demanded in This Momentous Time There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. Extreme nationalism and…

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1946, the speech was read by Henry Vallotton, Swiss Minister (Translation) We deeply regret that illness keeps Hermann Hesse in Switzerland. But his thoughts are with us, and his gratitude speaks through this message which…

Works in German Romantische Lieder. – Leipzig : Pierson, 1899 Eine Stunde hinter Mitternacht. – Leipzig : Diederichs, 1899 Hinterlassene Schriften und Gedichte von Hermann Lauscher : Herausgegeben von Hermann Hesse. – Basel : Reich, 1901 Gedichte. – Berlin : Grote, 1902 Boccaccio. – Leipzig : Schuster & Loeffler, 1904 Franz von Assisi. – Leipzig…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1946 The Preparation of Pure Enzymes and Virus Proteins Pdf 335 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1946 The Isolation and Properties of Crystalline Tobacco Mosaic Virus Pdf 416 kB

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James B. Sumner’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1946 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am a plain man, just out of the laboratory, leaving my test tubes behind me. It is impossible for me to express our gratitude and our appreciation for the great honor which has…