Peace
Nathan Söderblom – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1930 The Role of the Church in Promoting Peace It is my belief that “leaving ourselves in peace” with our self-conceit and evil passions does not lead to real peace. Peace can be reached only through fighting against the ancient Adam in ourselves and in others. Our generation has lived through…
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Frank B. Kellogg – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Frank B. Kellogg’s Banquet speech* at the Nobel banquet at Grand Hôtel, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1930. I have several times been asked by members of the press since I arrived in Oslo to discuss the subject of disarmament. I have received a large number of letters and telegrams making the same request. I have…
moreFrank B. Kellogg – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Frank B. Kellogg’s Acceptance Speech* on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1930. I desire most to express my deep appreciation of the great honor you have conferred upon me; an honor I value more than any I have ever received, not only on account of the…
moreFrank B. Kellogg – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Ferdinand Buisson – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Ludwig Quidde – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Essay based on Nobel Lecture of December 12, 1927 Security and Disarmament The two problems treated in this essay are the most delicate and current of present-day politics. They have also for a long time been fundamental problems of pacifism. It is not by chance that they are treated together here; on the contrary it…
moreFridtjof Nansen – Nobel-foredrag
Nobel Prize lecture
Norwegian Nobel-foredrag hollt i Kristiania den 19de december 1922 Paa Roms Kapitol er der et stykke marmor, som synes mig i sin enkle pathos aa være et av de skjønneste. Det er den »Døende Galler». Han ligger saaret til døden paa slagmarken. Dette spenstige legeme, herdet i arbeid og kamp, nu slappet mot undergangen. Det…
moreFridtjof Nansen – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 19, 1922 (Translation) The Suffering People of Europe In the Capitoline Museum in Rome is a sculpture in marble which, in its simple pathos, seems to me to be a most beautiful creation. It is the statue of the “Dying Gaul”. He is lying on the battlefield, mortally wounded. The vigorous…
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