Chemistry

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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Banquet speech

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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