potter's clay

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Nietzsche was the Marx of the right, the original culture warrior who believed that the future belongs to those with the courage to face the nihilism of the present and mold it like potter’s clay.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2018

Fresh masa has a thicker consistency, more like potter’s clay, and it smells like slightly fermented corn syrup, especially if it sits out for 24 hours before you use it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2015

The mineral products of Dr�me include lignite, blende, galena, calamine, freestone, lime, cement, potter’s clay and kaolin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Pipe-clay, plastic clay, and potter's clay also abound.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Salt springs are also numerous; gypsum is obtained in large quantities, with pipe and potter's clay; yellow ocher sometimes occurs; and there are many kinds of valuable building stones.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George