Who is the "aboriginal Self," the "Trustee"?Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance" expresses the theme of
individuality in a society that is in conspiracy against the "manhood of every one of
its members."  Whoever wishes to truly be a man must be a non-conformist.  He must put
his trust not in kings, but in himself, accepting the place "the divine Providence" has
for him.

Concomitant with the theme of individuality comes
the concept of self-worth.  Emerson writes that the trust that men put in kings
represents the awareness of their own rights as men.  Then he
asks,

The
magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of
self-trust. Who is the Trustee? What is the aboriginal Self on which a universal
reliance may be grounded?

The
"aboriginal Self" is the individual soul of man, the Intuition.  Contending that when
men trust themselves, they are actually trusting the divine, which exists in all
men--not just kings.  Emerson calls this divine quality ‘‘the aboriginal Self,"
"Spontaneity," and "Instinct."  Thus, the "trustee" is not just kings, but all
men.