Tomorrow marks 142 years since Alfred Nobel patented his dynamite (1867).
In December 10 there will be 113 years since he died (1896), instituting the Nobel prizes in his will.
What’s interesting is the fact that the two events seem connected. Action and reaction. Cause and effect. It’s probable that the opinions of his contemporary played their role (especially after a french newspaper printed “Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.” – this was in 1888, 8 years before his death).
The man tried to cleanse his sins somehow. He tried to make something good to be remembered with.
Still, how many people from the 20th century did anything to cleanse themselves in the eyes of the humankind, for sins greater that Nobel’s dynamite ?
Just a simple curiosity …
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