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Then the Invalides came to symbolize the glory of Napoléon himself, when his remains were finally brought back from St. Helena in 1840 for burial in the chapel under the golden Dôme.
Shrubs symbolize human virtues: pine, bamboo, and winter-blooming plum represent strength, grace, and the renewal of life.
Its judge doesn't sit behind the bench, raised above plaintiffs and defendants to symbolize his authority.
The nine nightly journeys symbolize the nine months of pregnancy for Mary.
The birdcage above the contented mother's head may well symbolize, Sutton suggests, the "sweet slavery of marital love" (another proverb from Cats).