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| Alfred Nobel |
Ok so everyone has heard of Nobel Prizes- "the most prestigious award attainable in human achievement". However, what most people do not know, is how it came to be ... This is where Alfred Nobel steps in.
Alfred Nobel, born in Stockholm in 1833, studied chemical engineering which led him to become fascinated with nitro-glycerine, an extremely volatile and explosive liquid. Nobel went on to study the area of explosives in more detail, before starting to develop nitro-glycerine (Of course this being very risky work!) until he eventually succeeded in producing dynamite ... which brought Nobel great wealth and fortune. Unfortunately, it began to be used by countries around the world as weapons of mass destruction.
Nobel greatly disliked the idea that dynamite was being used in such a cruel way despite the fact that it had made it a very wealthy man! So, in an inspirational attempted to right his 'wrong' he left $9 million in his will to establish the Nobel prize, for those who had "conferred the greatest benefit on mankind"
To most this may seem incredibly paradoxical, but it is extemely inspirational in my opinion. To me, I believe it shows how something amazing and incredible can come from something that is used in weapons of mass destruction.
So a little analogy of this story is the Lotus flower. The Lotus flower grows out of the mud and blossoms above the muddy water surface ...
Like this, we can rise above the suffering and evils in life to become something truly great and inspiring
Love
Vicky
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