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Re: Following paraphrase

Posted by Darlene Kemp on December 05, 1999

"If we do great things, it is because we stand on the work of others that came before us."

This is a paraphrase that was given to me and I am looking for the original line. Can anyone help?

Thanks!
Darlene Kemp