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
It is an universal remedy against discord, an holy cement for mankind.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
It was a universal remedy in those days, but it brought no relief to the sufferer.
From Washington's Birthday by Robert Haven Schauffler
Dr. Greenwood, of Boston, in 1788 offered his services to "give a youthful air to the countenance," and was ready to "electerise" any persons who stood "in need of that almost universal remedy."
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
Obviously the levee system, while useful everywhere and in some localities adequate, is not a universal remedy.
From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Logan Marshall
