Reading old books gives me much pleasure due to learning new expressions. I absolutely love by dint of; there is no really good translation of this for me, but I totally get the meaning. Success is the result by dint of: -painstaking labour, -patience and perseverance, -hard labour, -application and industry, -persevering application and energy, patient industry, -sheer industry and perseverance, and -mere industry and patient thinking.
I just love this and wanted to share it. Life is great 😀