This seemed to me so true that I couldn't imagine why it was not universally acknowledged.

Gradually others took up the cause, but he is almost universally acknowledged to be the father of the stock system.

Vanderbilt's defense, at least, was universally acknowledged as best in the South.

Ragtime was black music and universally acknowledged as such at the time.

Spanish infantry were universally acknowledged as the best in Europe.

IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a novel in possession of a famous first line should probably be left alone.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that grandparents learn a good deal from grandchildren.

It is a truth universally acknowledged in China that a single man must be in want of a house.

Mitchell is almost universally acknowledged as the real deal.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the growing international mobility of goods, capital and technology has completely changed the economic game.