Each year on the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the prizes bearing his name are awarded
“to those persons who shall have contributed most materially to the benefit of mankind during
the year immediately preceding.” Alfred Bernhard Nobel died on this day in 1896 and the first of the Nobel
Prizes was presented in 1901 according to instructions in his will.
Nobel chose this method to ease his conscience after inventing the deadly explosive, dynamite.
One of the richest men in the world, he also felt it would be wrong to leave his fortune to relatives.
“Inherited wealth is a misfortune which merely serves to dull man’s faculties.”
So instead of wishing you had a rich relative, get out there and do something good for
man and womankind today ... and every day, for that matter!
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