There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.

He was discharged in 1865 and moved to Copenhagen where he became a teacher translator and writer. He entered the Danish Parliament in 1872 as a member of Folketinget and held a seat there for the following 23 years. The son of a clergyman Bajer served as an officer in the Danish army fighting in the 1864 war against Prussia and Austria where he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant.

The son of a clergyman Bajer served as an officer in the Danish army fighting in the 1864 war against Prussia and Austria where he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He was discharged in 1865 and moved to Copenhagen where he became a teacher translator and writer. He entered the Danish Parliament in 1872 as a member of Folketinget and held a seat there for the following 23 years.