common clay unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• Kolschitzky has feet of common clay ⟨later conduct⟩
  assertsnegativesource: coffee-pg28500

  this Viennese idol's feet were of common clay

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact phrase 'this Viennese idol's feet were of common clay' appears in the final sentence, where the author explicitly asserts this metaphorical characterization of Kolschitzky based on the Vienna archives revealing information about his later conduct.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.90 pass — The claim is highly faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this interpretation from its own narrative voice), the stance is appropriately 'asserts', sentiment is accurately 'negative' (conveying disillusionment), time qualifiers are correctly null (no specific time given), context appropriately reflects 'later conduct' as stated, and the quote matches verbatim from the passage. Minor note: The quote could be more precise by including the full context "the archives of Vienna throw a light upon Kolschitzky's later conduct that tends to show that, after all, this Viennese idol's feet were of common clay," but the provided quote is accurate as written.