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...Bishops of Denmark are militant Christians. Early this year Bishop J. J. A. Ammundsen of Lolland-Falster warned his Lutheran flock to be ready for martyrdom. Last week to the U.S. came news of increasing militancy. In Copenhagen Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard thundered: "We shall pray and kindle the spirit. There was never any use for cowardly clergymen, least of all today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Ready for Martyrdom | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

Like strong blond spiders the Danes are spinning their islands and peninsula together with a network of bridges: one from Falster to Lolland. another in North Jutland from Aalborg to Norresundby. Two more connect Copenhagen with Amager Island. Though bridges are no novelty in the Baltic, Danes went wild with joy two years ago when His Majesty snipped a ribbon, opened Denmark's Little Belt Bridge, the longest and most important in Continental Europe (3,864 ft.), spanning Fünen, second largest island in the Danish group (Zealand is biggest) and Jutland. Though Danish motor roads are excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DENMARK: Silver Sanity | 5/17/1937 | See Source »

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