[Footnote 413: Herald's office. In England the Herald's College, or Co… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 413: Herald's office. In England the Herald's College, or College of Arms, is a royal corporation the chief business of which is to grant armorial bearings, or coats of arms, and to trace and preserve genealogies. What does Emerson mean by comparing certain circles of society to this corporation?]

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