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Many of the Highest Circles

Elite judges from the priestly class who enforce Flatland's laws.

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Also known as many of the highest Circles , sitting as judges in law courts, their

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The Chief Circle (High Priest) is mentioned visiting the Square in prison and challenging him to measure 'high-ness'.

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Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884
The Chief Circle (High Priest) is mentioned visiting the Square in prison and challenging him to measure 'high-ness'.
III: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
Mentioned as the judges and rulers who maintain the aristocratic constitution and suppress sedition.
VI: Of Recognition by Sight
Referenced as the elite who can afford the education in Sight Recognition and who discourage Feeling among their children.
IX: Of the Universal Colour Bill
The highest Circles are described as wavering and undecided in the face of revolutionary demands.
X: Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
Many of the highest Circles are mentioned as having fallen prey to conjugal fury during the triennial agitation, with twenty-three Circles perishing in domestic discord.
XII: Of the Doctrine of Our Priests
These judges and fathers use praise and blame in practice despite the doctrine, and scold their children using terms like 'right' and 'wrong.'
XXII: How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result
The Square's dangerous utterances occur among the highest Polygonal and Circular society; the President orders cheaper guards for the trial.
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Mentioned in the note about separate entrances for lower classes.

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