8 October 1645 October 7, 2013 Author: Staff The oldest hospital in Canada, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, opens Famous Words of Inspiration..."Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day." Ernest Hemingway — Click here for more from Ernest Hemingway Related posts: 16 September 1987 1 January 1989 18 July 1976 8 October 1968 8 October 1969 Categories: History Tags: 1645, 8 October