The Lecture

December, 1967

I was on my way to Montreal to deliver a lecture. It was midwinter and I had been warned that the temperature there was ten degrees lower than it was in New York. Newspapers reported that trains had been stalled in the snow and that fishing villages were cut off from civilization, so that food and medical supplies had to be dropped to them by plane.I prepared for the journey as though it were an expedition to the North Pole. I put on a heavy coat over two sweaters and packed some warm underwear...