in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases
in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him
in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system
not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces
for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia