To the absolute governments, with their following of parsons, professors, country squires and officials, it served as a welcome scarecrow against the threatening bourgeoisie.

• 这种社会主义成了德意志各邦专制政府及其随从----僧侣、教员、容克和官僚求之不得的、吓唬来势汹汹的资产阶级的稻草人。