Expanding two iterated limits into quantifiers?

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I have always had a little trouble fully understanding iterated limits. So I thought it might be a good exercise to expand it in quantifiers.

Suppose we want to expand $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to a} f'(x) = L$. So we want to expand

$$\lim_{x \to a} \left( \lim_{h \to x} \dfrac {f(h) - f(x)}{h-x} \right) = L$$

So first expanding the outer limit (I'm not even sure how to expand the inner limit first) we have

$$\forall (\epsilon > 0) \exists (\delta > 0) \forall(x \in \mathbb{R}): |x-a| < \delta \implies \left| \lim_{h \to x} \dfrac {f(h) - f(x)}{h-x} -L \right| < \epsilon $$

However, I'm not really sure how to expand this further.

Any help in this regard, or in understanding iterated limits better, is greatly appreciated. Thank you.