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Simon A. Clarke PhD Photographer Digital Artist Author
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"Hard rock breeds hard men
Who slip between earth's cracks for a living,
The dark chasm which closes round you,
Tight like a fist, draws you down
Into the mine's gullet, the belly of the beast
Hewn out of granite, the ledger of tin,
The ingot of tradition, a labyrinth of strong voices
That still chisel the dark, the rich seam,
A stream that runs through each generation,
A lode that anchors a man's life"
From the Wheal of Hope by James Crowden
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