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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tobuild onthe previousdiscoveriesor creativity of someone.2012, Andrew J. Schatkin, chapter 4, inEssays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical, page107:What then can we say of the relevance of Classical languages and literature, Greek and Latin; what reason can we offer for the study of long dead languages. The answer is much in every way. For better or worse, westand on the shoulders ofthe ancients, if not at their feet.2020, Jimmy McJamerson Ph.D.,On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors: African American History Through Historical Poetic Verse:On this day, as the world watches your sojourn here, / I ask with simple courtesy, “Have you looked within yourself?” / If you had, then you would know who you are / and that youstand on the shouldersof all your ancestors / who have prepared the path for your journey. / Look within, and then look forward. […]
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