Every Lebesgue measurable set of measure $m$ contains a measurable subset of size $n < m$?

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Why is it that given $m >n > 0$ and a Lebesgue measurable set of measure $m$, it must have a Lebesgue measurable subset of size $n$?

I had the following idea in mind : Calling our set $A$, since it is Lebesgue measurable, we know $\lambda(A) = \inf\{\sum_{k} l(I_k) : I_k \mbox{ is an interval cover of A}\}$. However, this is a bit of a definition from outside, so we cannot manipulate this definition to get subsets of $A$.

At the same time, $\lambda(A)$ is also the supremum over the measure of all compact subsets of the set. By this logic, we can find a compact set with measure $ > 1 - \epsilon$ for any $\epsilon > 0$, but how about being equal to a certain number? It's not clear to me.

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