Hugh Of Lincoln
Hugh of Lincoln, O.Cart, (also Hugh of Avalon or Hugh of Burgundy; 1135/1140 – London, 16 November 1200) was, at the time of the Reformation, the best-known English saint after Thomas Becket.
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“He kicked the ball with his right foot,
And catched it with his knee,
And through and through the Jew’s window
He gared the bonny ball flee.”
—Unknown. Hugh of Lincoln (l. 5–8)
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For all his timid heart, there that slow man,
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Impetuous men, Shawe-Taylor and Hugh Lane,
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“I have sought his aid—but if after endeavoring to do my best in the light which he affords me, I find my efforts fail, I must believe that for some purpose unknown to me, He wills it otherwise.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)