“Sonny, I'm old enough to have changed your nappies.”

— Jeannette Piccard

To John Allin, presiding bishop, Episcopal Church of the United States, who had asked the Philadelphia Eleven not to proceed with their ordination as priests.
Quoted in [Goldman, Ari L., Religion Notes, The New York Times, 30 July 1994, http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30813F63C5D0C738FDDAE0894DC494D81]

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American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest 1895–1981

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