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Nobel Lecture, May 16, 1904 The Futility of War Demonstrated by History War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages. Since all assertions must be carefully examined in order to benefit from…

Nobel Lecture, July 18, 1906 The Development of the Hague Conventions of July 29, 1899 It will soon be seven years since the ninth Interparliamentary Conference met here in your capital city. It was a notable assembly whose participants will long remember the magnificent hospitality of Norway. Some time before that meeting the official representatives…

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Nobel Address, December 10, 1938 The Nansen International Office for Refugees On behalf of the Nansen International Office for Refugees, I have the honor to convey our greetings to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament and our thanks for the honor and pleasure bestowed on the Office by their decision to award us the…

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