Stepping-stone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stepping-stone \Step"ping-stone`\, n.
     1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or
        mud in walking.
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     2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.


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              These obstacles his genius had turned into
              stepping-stones.                      --Macaulay.
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              That men may rise on stepping-stones
              Of their dead selves to higher things. --Tennyson.
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