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- 1966 September 22 (Skapande)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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 writing this letter in behalf of Christopher Burke who is petitioning for classification as a"... Contents index: Merton attests that the Burke family is guided by serious pacifistic principals and feels that as a Catholic he may appeal to the call of the Second Vatican Council's message that Catholics may feel obliged to refuse military service for unjust causes.
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- engelska