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In the mid-16th century, an English Reformer named John Bradford was observing some unfortunate criminals being led to their execution and is said to have uttered: “There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.” As it turns out, not only did Bradford coin a phrase that we still use today, but he foreshadowed his own demise. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Queen Mary I (“Bloody Mary,” to rabble rousing Protestant reformers like Bradford) and burned at the stake in 1555 for allegedly trying to stir up a mob. I knew as much about Bradford last week as I did the magazine...