When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.

Of life's two chief prizes beauty and truth I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.