universal testimony

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In short, according to the universal testimony of those who have it, it differs from all other happiness not only in degree but in kind.

From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles

It is the universal testimony of all who served her, that no Sovereign ever supported her successive Ministers with a more perfect loyalty or held the scales between contending parties with a more complete impartiality.

From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

The country people as a rule, receive very few pastoral calls, according to the almost universal testimony of the country ministers themselves as well as that of other persons who live in the country.

From Six Thousand Country Churches by Gill, Charles Otis

The universal testimony was that never in the history of the State had there been such order about the polling-places.

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

But I must return to Ottawa, where the universal testimony of all the heads of the Government was to the effect that Canada is the place for the poor, hard-working man. 

From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)