19 vetra gamall haf\u00f0i \u00e9g \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a fors\u00e6tisr\u00e1\u00f0herra. Vinur minn, sem kenndi keltnesk og norr\u00e6n fr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Edinborgarh\u00e1sk\u00f3la, haf\u00f0i gauka\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e9r, a\u00f0 Edinborgarh\u00e1sk\u00f3li v\u00e6ri v\u00e6nleg uppeldisst\u00f6\u00f0 fyrir ver\u00f0andi fors\u00e6tisr\u00e1\u00f0herra.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 kom \u00e1 daginn, a\u00f0 fj\u00f6ldi annarra \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0frelsismanna h\u00e9\u00f0an og \u00fea\u00f0an \u00far n\u00fdlendum breska heimsveldisins \u2013 \u00fear sem sagt var a\u00f0 s\u00f3lin settist aldrei \u2013 og stundu\u00f0u \u00fearna n\u00e1m, gengu me\u00f0 s\u00f6mu grillu og \u00e9g. Vi\u00f0 vorum flestir a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra til fors\u00e6tisr\u00e1\u00f0herra. Sumir n\u00e1\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0rir ekki \u2013 eins og gengur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00deegar \u00e9g hugsa til baka til n\u00e1ms\u00e1ranna \u00ed Edinborg finnst m\u00e9r \u00e9g hafi l\u00e6rt meira af r\u00f6kr\u00e6\u00f0um vi\u00f0 \u00feessa uppreisnarmenn gegn breska n\u00fdlenduveldinu heldur en af hinum r\u00e1\u00f0settu l\u00e6risveinum Adams Smith, sem f\u00f3ru me\u00f0 fa\u00f0irvor meistarans \u00ed fyrirlestrum s\u00ednum \u2013 me\u00f0 fullri vir\u00f0ingu fyrir \u00feeim.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar gagnr\u00fdni m\u00edn \u00e1 hugmyndafr\u00e6\u00f0i au\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0isins, sem \u00fearna var kennd undir yfirskini v\u00edsinda, haf\u00f0i n\u00e1\u00f0 \u00f3b\u00e6rilegu hitastigi, \u00e1kva\u00f0 \u00e9g a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta gott heita og h\u00e9lt til Stokkh\u00f3lms, \u00fear sem er mekka okkar l\u00fd\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0isjafna\u00f0armanna, til a\u00f0 r\u00e9tta af k\u00farsinn.<\/p>\n
Um mi\u00f0jan \u00e1ttunda \u00e1ratuginn gafst m\u00e9r kostur \u00e1 a\u00f0 brj\u00f3ta heilann um samanbur\u00f0 hagkerfa sem Fulbright-styrk\u00feegi vi\u00f0 Harvard. \u00dear komst \u00e9g a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed, m.a. undir \u00e1hrifum fr\u00e1 hinum r\u00fassnesk-\u00fe\u00fdska hagspekingi, Wassily Leontief, a\u00f0 hagvaxtarv\u00e9l sov\u00e9tkerfisins hef\u00f0i br\u00e6tt \u00far s\u00e9r \u2013 v\u00e6ri \u00f3n\u00fdt og ekki vi\u00f0ger\u00f0arh\u00e6f.<\/p>\n
H\u00e9r me\u00f0 er n\u00f3g sagt, a\u00f0 \u00e9g hygg, til a\u00f0 gefa til kynna, a\u00f0 vistun m\u00edn innan veggja akadem\u00edunnar hinga\u00f0 til hefur markast nokku\u00f0 af me\u00f0f\u00e6ddum m\u00f3t\u00fer\u00f3a vi\u00f0 venjuvisku og r\u00e9tttr\u00fana\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Er \u00fea\u00f0 ekki einmitt \u00feess vegna sem \u00e9g er h\u00e9r?<\/i><\/p>\n
Ber svo a\u00f0 skilja, a\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 s\u00e6ma mig hei\u00f0ursdoktorsnafnb\u00f3t, hafi v\u00f6rslumenn akadem\u00edunnar \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 fyrirgefa fornar v\u00e6ringar – og l\u00e1ta gott heita?<\/p>\n
GRATIAS AGIMUS PER HONOREM
\nV\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f6kkum hei\u00f0urinn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hei\u00f0ra\u00f0i rektor, forseti senatsins, vir\u00f0ulegu fr\u00e6\u00f0imenn, h\u00e1ttvirtu gestir, d\u00f6mur m\u00ednar og herrar:<\/p>\n
\u00deegar rektor L\u00e6r\u00f0a sk\u00f3lans \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk \u2013 sk\u00f3la sem rekur r\u00e6tur s\u00ednar til prestask\u00f3la allt aftur \u00e1 11. \u00f6ld \u2013 \u00e1varpa\u00f0i seinasta \u00fatskriftar\u00e1rganginn, sem var fullnuma \u00ed b\u00e6\u00f0i lat\u00ednu og gr\u00edsku, sag\u00f0i hann m.a.:<\/p>\n
\u201eM\u00e9r \u00feykir \u00fea\u00f0 leitt, en h\u00e9r me\u00f0 brautskr\u00e1i \u00e9g seinasta \u00e1rgang mennta\u00f0ra manna \u2013 (\u00fea\u00f0 var engin kona \u00ed h\u00f3pnum) \u2013 \u00ed s\u00f6gu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar vorrar\u201c.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
H\u00e1lfri \u00f6ld s\u00ed\u00f0ar, \u00feegar \u00e9g var brautskr\u00e1\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 \u00feessum sama sk\u00f3la, haf\u00f0i f\u00e1tt, ef nokku\u00f0, breyst. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i, hrokafullur beturvitringur sem \u00e9g var \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga, ford\u00e6mt \u00farelta n\u00e1msskr\u00e1 og fylgt \u00fev\u00ed eftir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 segja mig \u00far sk\u00f3la. \u00deann veturinn stunda\u00f0i \u00e9g f\u00e1tt anna\u00f0 en a\u00f0 lesa Marx, \u00edslenskan sk\u00e1ldskap, tefla sk\u00e1k og spila \u00e1 p\u00edan\u00f3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-greinar_og_vidtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2690,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/2690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}