They said he had died!
One morning in 1888 Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who had amassed a fortune manufacturing and selling weapons of destruction, awoke to read his own obituary in the newspaper.
Actually, it was his brother who had died, but a reporter mistakenly wrote Alfred's obituary.
For the first time Alfred Nobel saw himself as the world saw him: "the dynamite king" and nothing more.
Nothing was mentioned about his efforts at breaking down barriers between people and ideas. He was simply a merchant of death, and he would be remembered for that alone.
Alfred was horrified. He determined that the world would know the true purpose of his life. So he wrote his last will and testament and left his fortune to establish that most valued of all prizes: the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now, the world has forgotten his dynamite legacy.
-Qoute
One morning in 1888 Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who had amassed a fortune manufacturing and selling weapons of destruction, awoke to read his own obituary in the newspaper.
Actually, it was his brother who had died, but a reporter mistakenly wrote Alfred's obituary.
For the first time Alfred Nobel saw himself as the world saw him: "the dynamite king" and nothing more.
Nothing was mentioned about his efforts at breaking down barriers between people and ideas. He was simply a merchant of death, and he would be remembered for that alone.
Alfred was horrified. He determined that the world would know the true purpose of his life. So he wrote his last will and testament and left his fortune to establish that most valued of all prizes: the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now, the world has forgotten his dynamite legacy.
-Qoute
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