To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter.

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.