universal testimony

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As a writer, speaker, editor, poet, reformer, friend and associate, it was the universal testimony of those who knew him best and esteemed him most truly, that he stood in the forefront of his generation.

From The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President by Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline)

It is the universal testimony of our fishermen that two are never seen swimming close together.

From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane

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

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

Women had been voting for these officers seven years under this Act, and always for the benefit of the schools, according to the almost universal testimony of educational authorities.

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