Word: assayers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...November was a time for assay, it was also, in Britain and no doubt France, a time for agonizing hindsight. The war might now be going entirely for the Allies had the French Army facing Italy been equipped with a little Greek blood...
...Krutch's history is of necessity informal. While it is possible today to examine and assay the work of individual dramatists, it is as yet impossible to render any final judgments as to the ultimate meaning of their work in terms of the American drama. If Mr. Krutch has chosen to approach his subject as critic rather than as professor, he has done wisely. The formal history which will eventually be produced at some university will perhaps have the advantage of a greater temporal perspective, but its writer will be hard put to it to match the keenness...