universal testimony

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By the universal testimony of his friends, Robert Emmet was a youth of modest character, pure motives and winning personality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

I will leave to the doctors the description of its effect on nerve and brain, and to common observation the universal testimony to the peculiar blurring of judgment which stimulant of any kind usually produces.

From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah

On the contrary, if we can believe the almost universal testimony, wherever it has been tried it has been followed by the most beneficial results.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

Perhaps she had made a mistake in abandoning so early the chance of finding out more about religion; it was difficult not to be impressed by the universal testimony of these countless tombs.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

It is the universal testimony of all observers that the condition of the French people and the general aspect of France has steadily improved throughout this century.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.