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NOBEL'S BEQUEST
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This is why I believe that no one has served the cause of peace in a greater degree than they have. The dreadful condition in which their families at present find themselves[1] justifies one in affirming that no one can with greater justice be awarded the money which Nobel bequeathed to those that have best served the cause of peace.
November, 1897.
- ↑ Information concerning them can be found in a book lately published in English, entitled, "Christian Martyrdom in Russia." It is edited by Vladimir Tcherkof, with concluding chapter and letter by Count Tolstoï.—Ed.