In support of this strange assertion, he referred us to the generally acknowledged principle of the relation between cause and effect.

One of the first, though a scarcely acknowledged principle of beauty, is that of reflection of the fairness of the observer.

I am the worst shot, you know, and the worst and best should go together on the acknowledged principle that extremes meet.

But why make any bones about it; the first acknowledged principle in business is, to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.