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 almost universal testimony that Scully’s rule in that county has reduced 250 tenants and their families to a condition approaching serfdom.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

And such in fact was the universal testimony of the managers throughout Antigua.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

The almost universal testimony was, "They usually want the best and pay for it, and the most fastidious are those who can least afford it."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various

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)