universal remedy
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The public must not expect cancer research to disclose the secret of the cause of cancer, nor to provide a universal remedy for advanced cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Becoming, however, infected with the delusions of alchemy, and being possessed of an ardent imagination, he inclined naturally to the study of occult science, and was infatuated with the idea of discovering a universal remedy.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means
“Antidotum” probably means a universal remedy, capable of curing all natural diseases, as well as neutralizing the effects of poison.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
To live in the present, within the limits of a single culture, is insufficient as a universal remedy: too many highly useful kinds of men, who cannot breathe freely in this atmosphere, would perish.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
It is an universal remedy against discord, an holy cement for mankind.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
