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Harald Høffding’s 100th Birthday
111. HARALD HBFFDING’S 1OOTH BIRTHDAY HARALD HBFFDINGS 100-AARS FBDSELSDAG Overs. Dan. Vidensk. Selsk. Virks. Juni 1942 - Maj 1943, pp. 57-58 Communication to the Royal Danish Academy on 19 March 1943 TEXT AND TRANSLATION
See Introduction to Part 111, p. [297].
Presidenten forelagde en Artikel ))Psgkologi 09 Arifobiografic(, skrevet af HARALDHBFFDINGi h a m sidste Aar 0:: hidtil ikke offentliggjort paa Dansk. Trykt i Filos. Medd. Bd. 11, Nr. 3. Prcesidenten udtalte ved denne Lejlighed bl. a. falgende : ))Den 11. Marts var 100 Aar forlabne, siden HARALD HBFFDING blev ferdt, og ved denne Lejlighed blev hans store, for dansk Videnskab og Aandsliv saa betydningsfulde Gerning mindet paa forskellig Maade. Navnlig blev der ved en Hmj tidelighed afslerret en Mindeplade, iiidsat i Muren paa den Bygning, der fornylig er opfart paa det Sted, hvor den gamle Haffdingske Gaard stod, og hvor Herffding ferdtes og tilbragte Barndommen og sin farste Ungdom, hvorunder den for hans senere Livsvaerk afgerrende Udvikling allerede fandt Sted. F r a Videnskabernes Selskab blev der om Morgenen samme Dag henlagt en Krans ved den smukke Sten, som Carlsbergfondet h a r anbragt paa hans Grav paa Vestre Kirkegaard. Paa dette vort farste Made efter 100-Aarsdagen er det naturligt, at vi mindes Harald Haffdings Livsvserk og alt, hvad hati h a r betydet for vor Kreds. I de Mindetaler, der efter hans Dad blev holdt her i Selskabet og andetsteds, er der dog allerede fremdraget saa meget ti1 Belysning heraf, at det vil were vanskeligt a t tilfrqje noget nyt. Det traeffer sig imidlertid saadan, at Haffding har efterladt et uoffentliggjort dansk Manuskript ti1 en Artikel, som han i sit sidste Leveaar efter Opfordring skrev ti1 et amerikansk Vaerk, med kortere Autobiografier af fremragende Psykologer, i hvilket Artiklen optoges i engelsk Overssettelse. Dette sidste Arbejde fra H ~ f f d i n g sHaand indeholder mange interessante Oplysninger og Betragtninger og vidner o m den Styrke og Klarhed, som han bevarede ti1 sine allersidste Dage. Paa Grund af de sserlige Forhold ved dens Fremkonist er Artiklen k u n forblevet lidet kendt, og en Offentliggarelse af det daiiske Manuskript i vore Publikationer turde derfor blive hilst med Glaede i storre Kredse, samtidig med at det vil give Selskabet Lejlighed ti1 paa en smuk Maade at vise sin Taknemmelighed imod Harald Herffdings Minde. Ved en Oplaesning af Manuskriptet vil vi tillige endnu en Gang faa Lejlighed ti1 a t herre Herffdings Ord, som gennem mange Aar saa ofte h a r lydt her i Selskabet.cc 58
P A R T 111: P A P E R S O N H A R A L D H 0 F F D I N G
TRANSLATION The President submitted an article, “Psykologi og Autobiografi” [Psychology and Autobiography], written by HARALD HBFFDING in his last year and hitherto not published in Danish. Printed in Filos. Medd. Vol. 2, No. 3.’ The President said on this occasion among other things the following: “On 11 March 100 years had passed since HAFULD H0FFDr“G was born and on this occasion his great deeds, so significant for Danish science and intellectual life, were commemorated in various ways. In particular, at a ceremony a memorial plaque was unveiled in the wall of the building recently erected on the site of the old Hsffding family house, where Hsffding was born and spent his childhood and his first youth, during which time the development decisive for his lifework already took place. On the same day in the morning a wreath from the Royal Academy was laid in front of the beautiful stone placed on his grave at Vestre Kirkegaard* by the Carlsberg Foundation. At our first meeting after the centenary it is natural that we commemorate Harald Hsffding’s lifework and all he has meant for our circle. In the commemorative speeches given here in the Academy and elsewhere after his death, so much, however, has been brought to our attention to elucidate his work that it would be difficult to add anything new. However, it so happens that Herffding has left an unpublished Danish manuscript for an article which he wrote on request in his last year for an American volume of short autobiographies of eminent psychologists, where the article was included in English translation3. This last paper from Hsffding’s hand contains much interesting information and reflection and bears witness to the strength and clarity he retained to his very last days. Due to the special circumstances regarding its publication, this article has remained only little known, and the publication of the Danish manuscript in our series of journals should, therefore, be welcomed with pleasure in wider circles and will at the same time give the Academy the opportunity of showing its gratitude to the memory of Harald Hsffding in a fitting way. By having the manuscript read aloud we will also once again have the opportunity of listening to Herffding’s words which for many years so often have sounded here in the Academy.”
[H. Herffding Psykologi og Autobiogruji (with a foreword by Frithiof Brandt), Kgl. Dan. Vid. Selsk. Filos. Medd. 11, 3 (1943) 22 pp.] [Literally, “Western Churchyard”.] [See p. [320], ref. 3.1
See Introduction to Part 111, p. [297].
Presidenten forelagde en Artikel ))Psgkologi 09 Arifobiografic(, skrevet af HARALDHBFFDINGi h a m sidste Aar 0:: hidtil ikke offentliggjort paa Dansk. Trykt i Filos. Medd. Bd. 11, Nr. 3. Prcesidenten udtalte ved denne Lejlighed bl. a. falgende : ))Den 11. Marts var 100 Aar forlabne, siden HARALD HBFFDING blev ferdt, og ved denne Lejlighed blev hans store, for dansk Videnskab og Aandsliv saa betydningsfulde Gerning mindet paa forskellig Maade. Navnlig blev der ved en Hmj tidelighed afslerret en Mindeplade, iiidsat i Muren paa den Bygning, der fornylig er opfart paa det Sted, hvor den gamle Haffdingske Gaard stod, og hvor Herffding ferdtes og tilbragte Barndommen og sin farste Ungdom, hvorunder den for hans senere Livsvaerk afgerrende Udvikling allerede fandt Sted. F r a Videnskabernes Selskab blev der om Morgenen samme Dag henlagt en Krans ved den smukke Sten, som Carlsbergfondet h a r anbragt paa hans Grav paa Vestre Kirkegaard. Paa dette vort farste Made efter 100-Aarsdagen er det naturligt, at vi mindes Harald Haffdings Livsvserk og alt, hvad hati h a r betydet for vor Kreds. I de Mindetaler, der efter hans Dad blev holdt her i Selskabet og andetsteds, er der dog allerede fremdraget saa meget ti1 Belysning heraf, at det vil were vanskeligt a t tilfrqje noget nyt. Det traeffer sig imidlertid saadan, at Haffding har efterladt et uoffentliggjort dansk Manuskript ti1 en Artikel, som han i sit sidste Leveaar efter Opfordring skrev ti1 et amerikansk Vaerk, med kortere Autobiografier af fremragende Psykologer, i hvilket Artiklen optoges i engelsk Overssettelse. Dette sidste Arbejde fra H ~ f f d i n g sHaand indeholder mange interessante Oplysninger og Betragtninger og vidner o m den Styrke og Klarhed, som han bevarede ti1 sine allersidste Dage. Paa Grund af de sserlige Forhold ved dens Fremkonist er Artiklen k u n forblevet lidet kendt, og en Offentliggarelse af det daiiske Manuskript i vore Publikationer turde derfor blive hilst med Glaede i storre Kredse, samtidig med at det vil give Selskabet Lejlighed ti1 paa en smuk Maade at vise sin Taknemmelighed imod Harald Herffdings Minde. Ved en Oplaesning af Manuskriptet vil vi tillige endnu en Gang faa Lejlighed ti1 a t herre Herffdings Ord, som gennem mange Aar saa ofte h a r lydt her i Selskabet.cc 58
P A R T 111: P A P E R S O N H A R A L D H 0 F F D I N G
TRANSLATION The President submitted an article, “Psykologi og Autobiografi” [Psychology and Autobiography], written by HARALD HBFFDING in his last year and hitherto not published in Danish. Printed in Filos. Medd. Vol. 2, No. 3.’ The President said on this occasion among other things the following: “On 11 March 100 years had passed since HAFULD H0FFDr“G was born and on this occasion his great deeds, so significant for Danish science and intellectual life, were commemorated in various ways. In particular, at a ceremony a memorial plaque was unveiled in the wall of the building recently erected on the site of the old Hsffding family house, where Hsffding was born and spent his childhood and his first youth, during which time the development decisive for his lifework already took place. On the same day in the morning a wreath from the Royal Academy was laid in front of the beautiful stone placed on his grave at Vestre Kirkegaard* by the Carlsberg Foundation. At our first meeting after the centenary it is natural that we commemorate Harald Hsffding’s lifework and all he has meant for our circle. In the commemorative speeches given here in the Academy and elsewhere after his death, so much, however, has been brought to our attention to elucidate his work that it would be difficult to add anything new. However, it so happens that Herffding has left an unpublished Danish manuscript for an article which he wrote on request in his last year for an American volume of short autobiographies of eminent psychologists, where the article was included in English translation3. This last paper from Hsffding’s hand contains much interesting information and reflection and bears witness to the strength and clarity he retained to his very last days. Due to the special circumstances regarding its publication, this article has remained only little known, and the publication of the Danish manuscript in our series of journals should, therefore, be welcomed with pleasure in wider circles and will at the same time give the Academy the opportunity of showing its gratitude to the memory of Harald Hsffding in a fitting way. By having the manuscript read aloud we will also once again have the opportunity of listening to Herffding’s words which for many years so often have sounded here in the Academy.”
[H. Herffding Psykologi og Autobiogruji (with a foreword by Frithiof Brandt), Kgl. Dan. Vid. Selsk. Filos. Medd. 11, 3 (1943) 22 pp.] [Literally, “Western Churchyard”.] [See p. [320], ref. 3.1