Norther 'Dreams Of Endless War' [CD] { } ~54.00.00 56603

During the dinner, the chairman of the Nobel Foundation, Arne Tiselius, proposed a toast to the king and queen; the king, in turn, proposed a minute of silence to honor Alfred Nobel's grand donation and philanthropy. As soon as dessert was finished, John Steinbeck went to the grand podium overlooking the hall to deliver his Nobel address. In it he emphasized man's capacity for greatness of heart and spirit in the endless war against weakness and despair. The Cold War and the existence of nuclear weapons silently lurked behind his message of the writer confronting the human dilemma. He saw humans taking over divine prerogatives: БЂњHaving taken god-like powers, we must seek in ourselves for the responsibility and the wisdom we once prayed some deity might have.БЂ«Ending his oration, he paraphrased St. John the Evangelist: БЂњIn the end is the Word, and the Word is man, and the Word is with men.БЂ«I became increasingly nervous and could not listen attentively, since in just a few minutes I was to be up on the podium to offer the response of the laureates in physiology or medicine ...»