certificate of character
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That is the certificate of character which she takes as guarantee of happiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The police first refused to give Stephen the usual "certificate of character" that most travelers carry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately the part of the press of the country representing special privileges, which has always denounced and caricatured Mr Ford, gives him a certificate of character and with open arms welcomes him to its ranks.
From Time Magazine Archive
But at this precise point, where they are really of use, Mr. Mozley excludes the affections and demands a miracle as a certificate of character.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Perhaps no eulogy of Brock was ever penned that so well summed up his qualities as did the terse, four-worded certificate of character uttered by the Indian before replying to the British general's appeal.
From The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 by Nursey, Walter R.
