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Leverage

Posted by R. Berg on September 24, 2002

In Reply to: Re:give me the right tools and i'll move the earth posted by Shaun O'Connell on September 24, 2002

: Anybody know the correct saying and the author?

Archimedes, c. 235 B.C. What he said was presumably in Greek and is often translated as "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth."

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