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Subject matter. A collection of essays published on the author's seventieth birthday on May 11, 1994. Editorial committee Jón Sigurðsson, Ágúst Einarsson, Gylfi Þ. Gíslason, Matthías Johennessen, Sverrir Hermannsson and Þorvaldur Gylfason. Sigurður Snævarr and Þorsteinn Hilmarsson were responsible for the publication. Ágústa Johnson and Ólafur Pálmason compiled a bibliography. Dagrún Magnúsdóttir and Gerður Jensdóttir drew maps and graphs.


Here are Jóhannes Nordal's essays on Culture and National Affairs: Economics and Music; Culture and Defense; Lead Us Not Into Temptation; Freedom and Responsibility; The War Horn; The Tyranny of Politics; The Secret Council; State Power and Freedom. - History and Society: On Social Sciences; Some Points about Social Development in Iceland; Hannes Finnsson and His Writings on Population Reduction by Famines; Bjarni Benediktsson. - On Various Occasions: To My School Sisters; The Philosopher Bertrand Russell; The Cornerstone Laid at Búrfell Station; At the Húnvetningamót; Two Turning Points. - Fellow Travelers: Björn J. Blöndal; Eiríkur Briem; Geir Hallgrímsson; Gunnar Gunnarsson; Jón Árnason; Jón G. Maríasson; Kristján Eldjárn; Magnús Jónsson; Pétur Benediktsson; Pétur Sæmundsen; Ragnar Jonsson; Svanbjorn Frimannsson; Tomas Gudmundsson; CK Willey.