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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-102-#67
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1967-06-28, HLS to Merton, 'Don't fret about censorship. I've about reached the point where I consider it'
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- 1967 June 28 (Creation)
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4 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
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Biographical history
Fr. Paul Bourne was the head censor (now called "reader") of the Cistercian Order and needed to approve of Merton's writings before he received the «Imprimi Potest», or permission to publish, from his Order and the Church. He was more considerably more friendly with Merton and more lenient of his works than other censors. Fr. Paul was at Our Lady of the Holy Ghost Abbey (now called the Monastery of the Holy Spirit) in Conyers, Georgia. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 168.)
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First lines: "Don't fret about censorship. I've about reached the point where I consider it "inopportune", and"...
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Languages of the material
- English