What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
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If I have come further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.