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Manuscript Essay

Background information sent to Merton for his preface for the book «Attente dans le silence, L' : le père Marie-Joseph Cassant, O. Cist. S. O.». At head of title: Archidiocèse de Toulouse. Ordre des Cistercians de la Stricte Observance. Report signed by F.M. Bernardus Barbaroux, Postulator Generalis Ord. Cist. Ref.

Manuscript Notes

Handwritten notes by Merton regarding his schedule during his stay at Eagle River, Alaska; and plans for travel to Cordova, Alaska; San Francisco, California; and Santa Barbara, California. Originally in a book used by Merton with marginal notes: «L'Evangile au desert: des premiers moines a Saint Bernard», edited by Placide Deseille.

This was not published during Merton's life as a book in English, only in French and Portuguese. It was expanded from a three-installment article titled "Action and Contemplation in the Doctrine of Saint Bernard," published in «Collectanea Ordinis Cistciensium Reformatorum» in 1953. A French edition was published in book form in 1956, «Marthe, Marie et Lazare». The English text became the first section of «Thomas Merton on St. Bernard» (Cistercian Publications: Kalamazoo, Michigan) in 1980. See Section C.2, "Martha, Mary and Lazarus" for first drafts of some of the articles.

Both copies of the preface are in English, but one was intended for translation and inclusion in the French edition and one was to remain in English for an American edition. The prefaces differ greatly. The American edition was published in Volume 28, No. 4 of «The Merton Seasonal».

Published Essay

This was not published during Merton's life as a book in English, only in French and Portuguese. It was expanded from a three-installment article published in «Collectanea Ordinis Cistciensium Reformatorum» in 1953 (with an additional offprint). A French edition was published in book form in 1956, «Marthe, Marie et Lazare». The English text became the first section of «Thomas Merton on St. Bernard» (Cistercian Publications: Kalamazoo, Michigan) in 1980. See Section C.2, "Martha, Mary and Lazarus" for first drafts of some of the articles.