According to Xinhua News Agency, on the eve of the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prizes, the Nobel Foundation has selected the three “most revered” winners in the more than 100-year history of the Nobel Prize. They are: Martin Luther King Jr., the 1964 Peace Prize laureate; Albert Einstein, the 1921 Physics Prize laureate; and Mother Teresa, the 1979 Peace Prize laureate.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. In 1963, he delivered the speech “I Have a Dream” in front of the Lincoln Memorial. His righteous call against racial discrimination and for equality continues to resonate today.
Albert Einstein
Einstein won the prize for his paper on the “photoelectric effect.” Ironically, the theory of relativity had already been proposed at that time, but Einstein’s award made no mention of relativity at all, only rewarding his contribution to the photoelectric effect—because at that time, there were countless opponents of relativity!
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was the founder of the Missionaries of Charity and dedicated her life to charitable causes. She was born in Albania in 1910. At the age of 18, influenced by the great Indian poet Tagore, she went to India to engage in charity work. In 1949, Mother Teresa founded the “Missionaries of Charity” in Calcutta and used it as a base to carry out charitable work in India, helping orphans, the poor, the elderly, and leprosy patients. Mother Teresa founded more than 50 schools, hospitals, almshouses, youth centers, and orphanages in India and other countries.
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