1971
Dennis Gabor – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Dennis Gabor – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Dennis Gabor’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured and rewarded far beyond my most sanguine expectations. My thanks go to the Nobel Committee, and also to that great, unhappy man who has given me this great happiness; Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel’s personality…
moreEarl W. Sutherland, Jr. – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Earl W. Sutherland’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1971 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is indeed an honour to me and a pleasure to receive this award. I believe we all realize the honour and pleasure that a scientist receives with this award. I hadn’t realized however how important…
moreWilly Brandt – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1971 (Translation) Peace Policy in Our Time I. The Nobel Peace Prize for 1971 has been awarded to a man still active in political life; therefore, it can only have been in appreciation of his continuing endeavors, not of his past achievements. Yesterday I expressed my gratitude; today I wish…
moreWilly Brandt – Nobelvorlesung
Nobel Prize lecture
German Vortrag des Bundeskanzlers Willy Brandt am 11. Dezember 1971 in Oslo anlässlich der Verleihung des Friedens-Nobelpreises 1971 Friedenspolitik in unserer Zeit I. Der Friedens-Nobelpreis 1971 ist einem aktiven Politiker zuerkannt worden; also kann nur sein weitergehendes Bemühen, nicht eine abgeschlossene Leistung gewürdigt worden sein. Gestern habe ich danksagen dürfen, heute will ich über Friedenspolitik…
moreWilly Brandt – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
German Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (in German) Die hohe Ehre der Preisverleihung kann gewiss nur als eine Ermutigung meines politischen Strebens verstanden werden, nicht als ein abschliessendes Urteil. Ich nehme diese Auszeichnung an im Gefühl der Verbundenheit mit allen,…
moreWilly Brandt – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
English Willy Brandt’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1971 (Translation) The great honour bestowed on me by the awarding of this prize can only, I believe, be understood as an encouragement to my political endeavours, not as a final judgement upon them. I…
morePablo Neruda – Bibliography
Bibliography
Works in Spanish Crepusculario. – Santiago : Claridad, 1923 Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1924 Tentativa del hombre infinito. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 Anillos / Pablo Neruda, Tomás Lago. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 El habitante y su esperanza. – Santiago : Nascimento, 1926 El hondero entusiasta.…
morePablo Neruda – Poetry
Poetry
English Youth Acid and sword blade: the fragrance of plum in the pathways: tooth’s sweetmeat of kisses, power and spilth on the fingers, the yielding erotic of pulps, hayricks and threshing floors, clandestine recesses that tempt through the vastness of houses; bolsters asleep in the past, the bitter green valley, seen from above, from the…
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