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- 1967 August 4 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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: "Thanks for your note and the letter of Lillian Marcks [sic]. I am sending a carbon of my reply to"... Contents index: apology for inclusion of his remark - written for a different audience than «Fellowship» and realizes that some would not know when he is speaking ironically / Merton's pain in getting this kind of reaction.
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- English