From 1815 to 1848, Church and State, over the whole of the Continent, were united in opposing the ideas of the French Revolution. The censorship, throughout Germany and Austria, was at once severe and ridiculous. Heine made fun of it in a chapter consisting of the following words :
"The German Censors .... ............................................ idiots .."
Source: Power, 1938.
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