Banquet speech

Banquet speech

Nikolay Semenov’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1956 (Translation) Sire, Madame, Altesses Royales, Excellences, Mesdames et messieurs, Qu’il me soit permis d’exprimer ici, au nom de Sir Hinshelwood et personnellement, la profonde et cordiale reconnaissance qu’éveillent en nous le grand honneur d’avoir été désignés pour le prix de chimie de 1956,…

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Banquet speech

Vincent du Vigneaud’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1955 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to express to you my deep appreciation for the honor that you have bestowed upon me by the Nobel Award. This honor is without question the most signal honor that…

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Banquet speech

Linus Pauling’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1954 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great honor to be chosen as the recipient of a Nobel Prize; not only a great honor, but a great pleasure, and, speaking not only for myself but also for my…

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Banquet speech

Hermann Staudinger’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1953 (in German) Majestät, Königliche Hoheiten, Excellenzen, Hochansehnliche Festversammlung, Durch das Vermächtnis Alfred Nobels sind dank der grossen Bemühungen der Königlich Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und des Karolinischen Institutes Verbindungen unter den Wissenschaftlern der verschiedensten Länder hergestellt worden, die auf Grund ihrer wissenschaftlichen Leistungen…

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William F. Giauque’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1949 Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. On this occasion I wish to express our sincere thanks for the many courtesies which we have received from the people of Sweden. This is our first visit here, but I have long had a…

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Arne Tiselius’ speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1948 (in Swedish) Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina Damer och Herrar. Vid denna årligen återkommande fest, då vi hylla Alfred Nobels minne och då årets pristagare få tillfälle att möta eliten av den svenska kulturens representanter, bruka vi ha glädjen att få höra våra långväga…

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Sir Robert Robinson’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1947 Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The winners of Nobel Prizes must be assumed to possess at least a modicum of imagination and sensibility and it is therefore incredible that any of us should not experience at this time a…

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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…

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Artturi Virtanen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1945 (in Swedish) Kungliga högheter, mina damer, mina herrar. Vid Nobelfestligheterna ha pristagarna säkerligen från första början ganska regelbundet talat om fred, den goda viljan samt frihet. Detta temas aktualitet har varierat från år till år. Nu är det kanske aktuellare än någonsin förr.…

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Banquet speech

Leopold Ruzicka’s speech from the ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, where the prize was distributed, January 16, 1940 (in German) Exzellenz, Meine Damen und Herren! Es war für mich eine angenehme Überraschung, als ich hörte, dass Eure Exzellenz im Auftrage der hohen schwedischen Regierung nach Zürich kommen werden zur persönlichen Überreichung dieser schönen Medaille und des…

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