"The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling."
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Seventh Sermon before Edward VI (1549)
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Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 – 16 October 1555) was a British clergyman, Bishop of Worcester, and Protestant martyr during the reign of Mary I of England. He was burnt at the stake.
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