John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Rochester from 1504 to 1535 and as chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is honoured as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.
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Trending topics shown first"Those who rise in peace are men of formality and routine, cautious, inoffensive...Hawke represented the spirit of war, the ardour, the swift initiative, the readiness of resource, the impatience of pr…"
"It is an historical fact that the British Navy stubbornly resists change."
"It is very silly indeed to build vessels of War so strong as to last a hundred years. They are obsolete in less than ten years."
"Favouritism was the secret of our efficiency in the old days and got us young Admirals.....Going by seniority saves so much trouble. 'Buggins's turn' has been our ruin and will be disastrous hereafter…"
"The luxuries of the present are the necessities of the future. Our grandfathers never had a bath-room...."
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1469
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