He taught by instruction and example alike. "Young man," Farrell addressed John Lewis Gaddis, the future historian of the Cold War, at their first meeting, having just read a draft of Mr. Gaddis's dissertation, "you must always remember, when you write, 'on the other hand,' to tell what the first hand was."
- James Grant, in a remembrance of historian Robert H. Ferrell [The Wall Street Journal, August 18 - 19, 2018]
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