universal testimony

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I think that these were exceptional victims of cruelty, for the almost universal testimony of our soldiers was that the surgeons were their best friends at the South.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various

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

Results of this Unnatural Crime.—It is the universal testimony of physicians that the effects of abortion are almost as deadly upon the mother as upon the child.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

They did not rise up in judgment against me, but there appeared one universal testimony against all the good I had done, and all the sentiments of evil I had entertained.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

A careful examination of the relics discovered at the sites of the old camping 11 grounds suffices to confirm the universal testimony of early writers regarding the nomadic habits of the Indians.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)