universal testimony

Example Sentences

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Were it beyond the comprehension of men, how could it have been declared as a universal testimony unto all people?

From The Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh

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

Skarlie was a person who was less transparent; according to universal testimony he had settled in this town merely to study the prevailing conditions and utilize them for his own benefit—"without competition and without control."

From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne

By the universal testimony of his friends, Robert Emmet was a youth of modest character, pure motives and winning personality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The universal testimony of the great, that fame itself is barren, is thrust aside as of small moment.

From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle