universal testimony

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It is the universal testimony of observers that the prosperity of Denmark is dependent on these co-operative agencies and upon this united spirit.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)

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

In the face of such arguments, based, as they obviously were, on universal testimony, even the faith of the person most nearly concerned and wholly responsible must, it was judged, eventually give way.

From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest

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