Dear Students!

On behalf of all the laureates assembled here today, I have the great pleasure to express our thanks for your kind words and beautiful songs, worthy of the great traditions of Swedish student life.

As my colleague has described earlier, we have experienced the events of today as a performance of a great drama which symbolizes Alfred Nobel’s vision of science and art as the benefactors of mankind. It seems most appropriate at this point in the play that the actors impersonating the students of the world appear on the stage. As fellow actors, representing the older generation, we should like to compliment you on your splendid performance which so vividly has conveyed the exuberance and idealism of youth.