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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-038-#20
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1964-03-13, TL[c] from Merton, 'The Tree of Life has arrived, and indeed has been on the wall for some time. It'
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- 1964 March 13 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "The Tree of Life has arrived, and indeed has been on the wall for some time. It really brightens up"...
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- English
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Hidden Ground of Love
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A Meeting of Angels