It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry. - Quotes, Quotations & Sayings by H. L. Mencken

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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

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H. L. Mencken

Date of birth: 1880-09-12

Date of death: 1956-01-29

Quotes number: 148

Nationality: American

Profession: Writer

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