1966
Alfred Kastler – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Alfred Kastler’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 (in French) Sire, Altesses Royales, Mesdames, Messieurs, Permettez-moi de vous exprimer ce soir, non pas seulement la gratitude d’un homme, mais celle d’une équipe dont vous avez distingué l’oeuvre collective et que m’a puissamment aidé à former mon collègue et ami Jean Brossel.…
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Peyton Rous – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 13, 1966 The Challenge to Man of the Neoplastic Cell Tumors destroy man in a unique and appalling way, as flesh of his own flesh which has somehow been rendered proliferative, rampant, predatory and ungovernable. They are the most concrete and formidable of human maladies, yet despite more than 70 years of…
moreCharles B. Huggins – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Peyton Rous – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Peyton Rous’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: – In 1901 I was a student at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and knew enough to realize the great significance of Alfred Nobel’s effort to aid human progress by giving prizes, and…
moreShmuel Agnon – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Hebrew Samuel Agnon’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966
moreShmuel Agnon – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English Samuel Agnon’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1966 (Translation) Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them…
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