Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts…

Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible. ✨ Mathematical Circles Squared. Book by Howard W. Eves, 1972.
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