英语词汇there but for the grace of god go i的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	there but for the grace of god go i
词源	there but for the grace of God go I. On seeing several criminals being led to the scaffold in the 16th century, English Protestant martyr John Bradford remarked: “There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.” His words, without his name, are still very common ones today for expressing one’s blessings compared to the fate of another. Bradford was later burned at the stake as a heretic.
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