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“Yard after yard passed by, the berths empty, the grass growing about the sinking keel blocks. And now only the gaunt, dumb poles and groups of men, workless, watching in silence the bitter passage of the vessel.”

Quote by George Blake

Book:The Shipbuilders
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The Shipbuilders

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George Blake
George Blake

George Blake, an individual of an unknown profession, was born on November 11, 1922. more

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