International Human Solidarity Day
“All of us have monarchs and sages for kinsmen; nay, angels and archangels for cousins; since in antediluvian days, the sons of God did verily wed with our mothers, the irresistible daughters of Eve. All generations are blended: and heaven and earth of one kin: the hierarchies of seraphs in the uttermost skies; the thrones and principalities in the zodiac; the shades that roam throughout space; the nations and families flocks and folds of the earth; one and all – brothers in essence – oh, be we then brothers indeed! All things form but one whole.”
Herman Melville (1819 – 1891), writer, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection
Chorlton Unitarians 