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US US-kylobm 4-i-A-004-E1-#1
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Manuscript 1st Draft.
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
Extent
3 pages; 28 x 22 cm; Typescript with annotations
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: "1. It would seem to me that the adaptation required today is twofold. Far from being a simple.."
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Languages of the material
- English