<s id="NEST_Oppno.s1">Oppe paa Aulestad, under sit elskede Hjems beskyttende Tag, lever og virker Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson i stolt Uafhængighed, som en Jarl paa sit Herresæde.</s><s id="NEST_Opp_011en.s1">Up at Aulestad farm, under the protective roof of his beloved home, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson live and work in his proud independence, like an earl in his manor.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s2">Med et Ørneblik følger han alle Tidens foreteelser ude og hjemme.</s><s id="NEST_Opp_011en.s2">With an eagle eye he watches all the near and far occurrences.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s3">Naar det synes ham nødvendigt, griber han ind med sin Vilje og myndige Stemme.</s><s id="NEST_Opp_011en.s3">When he finds it necessary he intervenes with his volition and his authorative voice.</s>
<s id="NEST_Oppno.s4">Dér sidder han fri og stærk, urokkelig trods Alt, beskyttet mod alle Samtidens giftige Pile ved det Panser, han har i Bevidstheden om sin Mission og sine Hensigters uskrømtede Ærlighed.</s><s id="NEST_Opp_011en.s4">He sits there free and strong, unwavering after all, protected against all the poisonous arrows of the contemporary times by the shield he has in his conscious mission and his purposes