WIY
You wrote:
“I will repeat what one of my Rabbeim told me Besheim Rav Wolbe zatzal, “in the time it took a Rishon to dip his quill into ink and put it to paper to write he thought more in learning than any of us will think in our entire lifetimes!”
How did he know? Was there a measurement done? Again this is not to be disrespectful, but borne out of frustration, i grew up hearing these things and it always made me like like no matter what i do i will never be able to attain the heights of those who came before us. It causes one to think why even bother, so for that sake i must ask , how did he know? is there a unit of measurement? do any of the people who live today been alive for the past 3000 years and can confirm that this comment is true? And again, what unit of measurement was used to determine how much Torah passed in his mind while he took the quill and dipped it into his ink? Also, who did he test it against in our generation or future generations?