Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero I uru ia ki te Whare Wānanga o St John, i Oxford i te 17 o ōna tau, engari i kitea e ia he'whakamataku'ngā akoranga, ā, i mahue i te tau 1978 i te kore i puta.
Ko te tikanga, ko tētahi putanga matatini ake o te rerenga kōrero, "I uru ia ki te Whare Wānanga o St John, Oxford i te tau kotahi tekau mā whitu, engari i kitea e ia he 'tino kino' ngā akoranga, ā, i mahue i te tau kotahi mano e waru tekau mā waru, kāore i puta, i haere ki te California Institute of Technology, i te tau e whai ake nei, i whiwhi ai ia i tētahi tohu PhD i roto i te ahupūngao matūriki i te tau rua tekau".