We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.

We are like dwarfs [the moderns] sitting on the shoulders of giants [the ancients].
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Progress Science Sight
Our glance can thus take in more things and reach farther than theirs. It is not because our sight is sharper nor our height greater than theirs; it is that we are carried and elevated by the high stature of the giants.
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Elevated Farter More Sight Take Things
We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the Ancients], and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.
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Dwarves Inspirational Life
We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.
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Classic Giants Shoulder

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