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- 1965 November 2 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.
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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: "I am really sorry for my long silence, and I know that there is no real way to make amends for it at"... Contents index: not possible to keep up a good correspondence / sending Chuang Tzu adaptation / rendering of Ibn Abbad from French translation / living in solitude.
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- English
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The donor or source was: Shannon, William H.