The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.
Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.
| Robert A. Dahl, Writer (1915) |
| Humphry Davy, Scientist (1778) |
| Peter Farrelly, Director (1956) |
| Penelope Fitzgerald, Poet (1916) |
| William Floyd, Politician (1734) |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author (1796) |
| Rian Johnson, Writer (1973) |
| Milla Jovovich, Model (1975) |
| Mackenzie King, Statesman (1874) |
| Thomas Starr King, Clergyman (1824) |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Scientist (1917) |
| Sammy Baugh, Athlete (2008) |
| Alphonse Daudet, Novelist (1897) |
| Don Ellis, Musician (1978) |
| Kaspar Hauser, Celebrity (1833) |
| Lord Kelvin, Scientist (1907) |

