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First lines: "Your very kind letter of July 17th only increases the sense of guilt I have had for weeks and months"... Contents index: Illtud Evans - speaking to Merton about «Seeds of Destruction» - Burns suggests leaving out "Religion and Race in the U.S." and "Man is a Gorilla with a Gun" for publication in England.

First lines: "Mr. Wicklum, who is Dom Fulgence's friend-- called me. He expects to arrive Sunday, April 4th,"...

First lines: "In case you don't know, the Medicare bill has been passed and [name note legible] and those eligible"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter. I am not sure I agree with your idea of leaving out the article on"... Contents index: small book made in England out of "The Christian in World Crisis" and "Christian in Diaspora" / Bob Giroux has a proof of Merton's liturgy book «Seasons of Celebration» / New Directions - Gandhi and Chuang Tzu.

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter. I am not sure I agree with your idea of leaving out the article on"... Contents index: small book made in England out of "The Christian in World Crisis" and "Christian in Diaspora" / Bob Giroux has a proof of Merton's liturgy book «Seasons of Celebration» / New Directions - Gandhi and Chuang Tzu.

First lines: "It was a delight to get your letter dated May 28th, and I am sorry to see that so long a time has"... Contents index: looking into ways to facilitate Brahmachari's travel / problem of Merton's new "vanaprastha" retirement in his hermitage and the limit on visitors / meeting of East-West philosophers in Hawaii / Seymour Freedgood.

First lines: "It was a delight to get your letter dated May 28th, and I am sorry to see that so long a time has"... Contents index: looking into ways to facilitate Brahmachari's travel / problem of Merton's new "vanaprastha" retirement in his hermitage and the limit on visitors / meeting of East-West philosophers in Hawaii / Seymour Freedgood.

First lines: "En ce moment, je termine la lecture de votre article su Th. Merton Traduit par P. Remner"... Contents index: [see also the "Marie-Pascal, Sr." file].

First lines: "I found this interesting message dating from the past."... Contents index: [see also #195a on the same note].

First lines: "Je suis toute confuse et aussi très heureuse de ce que vous avez bien voulu me répondre."... Contents index: [see also the "Marie-Pascal, Sr." file].

First lines: "you may wish to see this sometime in the next year..."... Contents index: [see also #195b on the same note - Bamberger notes that the earlier message was on the occasion of returning Gregory Zilboorg's «History of Medical Psychology» and the later note (from 1965) was when Merton was moving to the woods (his hermitage)].

First lines: "The Law in the Teaching of Saint Paul. [-] The topic of our first conference this morning is"... Contents index: [term paper by Bamberger while a scholastic at Gethsemani - Merton was Master of Scholastic and has handwritten corrections and a grade on the paper].

First lines: "Yesterday we had a council meeting and, at my suggestion, voted on F. Louis' becoming a hermit."... Contents index: [note by Bamberger on verso of #98a].

First lines: "«Direction in St John of the +.» Faulty directions [-] 1 Moral deficiency - jealousy"... Contents index: [handwritten notes by Merton on St. John of the Cross].

First lines: "The diarrhea is bad again (due to fuss of trying to get everything in order, disposed of etc.)"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your two letters of June 9th and August 10th, which were forwarded me here from"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your two letters of June 9th and August 10th, which were forwarded me here from"...

First lines: "Africa is very happy and very glad to meet and great [sic] you. Often I have heard of you in AFRICA"... Contents index: «Sign of Jonas» / "colorbar problem" / racial problems / national revolutions in Africa and South America / communism.

First lines: "Africa is very happy and very glad to meet and great [sic] you. Often I have heard of you in AFRICA"... Contents index: «Sign of Jonas» / "colorbar problem" / racial problems / national revolutions in Africa and South America / communism.

First lines: "Father Francis, who is at present risking his life among what St. Bernard so flatteringly calls"...

First lines: "Father Francis, who is at present risking his life among what St. Bernard so flatteringly calls"...

First lines: "It was a pleasure to receive your warm and encouraging letter from Africa and to learn that you had"... Contents index: «Seeds of Destruction» / Trappists and contact with the world / role of Christians / role of white race in race relations / Christianity in Africa.

First lines: "It was a pleasure to receive your warm and encouraging letter from Africa and to learn that you had"... Contents index: «Seeds of Destruction» / Trappists and contact with the world / role of Christians / role of white race in race relations / Christianity in Africa.

First lines: "Thanks for your good letter. I will have some material sent to you, and I hope you will get"...

First lines: "Thanks for your good letter. I will have some material sent to you, and I hope you will get"...

First lines: "Thanks for sending me your article. It is a smasher and I really enjoyed it. I definitely think it"... Contents index: does not recommend publication in «Collectanea» / recommends «Ramparts» or «Critic» / thoughts on being on editorial board of «Collectanea».

First lines: "Thanks for sending me your article. It is a smasher and I really enjoyed it. I definitely think it"... Contents index: does not recommend publication in «Collectanea» / recommends «Ramparts» or «Critic» / thoughts on being on editorial board of «Collectanea».

First lines: "RE: Monastic Formation, Junior Professed Choir Monks. [-] Suggestions. [-] 1) That the experiment"... Contents index: [typed page - note in Merton's handwriting, "Fr Eudes [-] from fr m Louis"].

First lines: "As you see Jim is very definite about it and I trust his judgment which I think is fairly objective"... Contents index: [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton is referring to visits to see Louisville psychiatrist, Dr. James Wygal].

First lines: "«Scripture» [-] The Psalms -Msgr Patrick Boylan (2 Vol) [-] Hesed and Hasid -Dom Rembert Sorg"... Contents index: [typed list of books grouped by subject category - Merton's handwritten note, "Ones checked for ch. novitiate", (i.e. Merton's book selections for choir novitiate)].

First lines: "Are they giving you the Commonweal? I asked them to. May I have an article on Bonhoeffer"...

First lines: "requested by fr. Louis [-] 26 Bro. Lavrans assorted cards [-] 6 postulants guide [-] 1 Geth, made"...

First lines: "Could I catch you for a minute in infirmary after dinner? [-] Thanks in Jesu [-] fr m Louis"... Contents index: [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton "got bug spray in his eye - no damage"].

First lines: "Many thanks for your moving letter of Sept 15th, which I received here on my arrival to Oxford after"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your moving letter of Sept 15th, which I received here on my arrival to Oxford after"...

First lines: "After getting your poem out of the file an hour ago I've now utterly lost it. No one else does such"...

First lines: "After getting your poem out of the file an hour ago I've now utterly lost it. No one else does such"...

First lines: "At long last I think that I have had a brainwave for a title to the book we agreed to make of the"... Contents index: idea to call "The Christian in World Crisis" and "Christian in Diaspora" book «Redeeming the Time».

First lines: "At long last I think that I have had a brainwave for a title to the book we agreed to make of the"... Contents index: idea to call "The Christian in World Crisis" and "Christian in Diaspora" book «Redeeming the Time».

First lines: "I have been very much impressed with the article you wrote for the September issue of"... Contents index: Merton's article for «Worldview» / Robert William Miller / request for article.

First lines: "I have been very much impressed with the article you wrote for the September issue of"... Contents index: Merton's article for «Worldview» / Robert William Miller / request for article.

First lines: "Since I wrote to you on October 2nd I received your two articles, which I am reading. Three more"...

First lines: "Since I wrote to you on October 2nd I received your two articles, which I am reading. Three more"...

First lines: "In your December reply to my X'mas and New Years greetings you had kindly promised to send me a"... Contents index: A. J. Arberry's rhymed translation of Quran and Persian Sufis / review of «A Moslem Saint of the Twentieth Century» / Fr. Julio B. Sani / "Thomas Merton, the Mans and His Meaning" article / St. Bonaventure.

First lines: "In your December reply to my X'mas and New Years greetings you had kindly promised to send me a"... Contents index: A. J. Arberry's rhymed translation of Quran and Persian Sufis / review of «A Moslem Saint of the Twentieth Century» / Fr. Julio B. Sani / "Thomas Merton, the Mans and His Meaning" article / St. Bonaventure.

First lines: "I am really sorry for my long silence, and I know that there is no real way to make amends for it at"... Contents index: not possible to keep up a good correspondence / sending Chuang Tzu adaptation / rendering of Ibn Abbad from French translation / living in solitude.

First lines: "I am really sorry for my long silence, and I know that there is no real way to make amends for it at"... Contents index: not possible to keep up a good correspondence / sending Chuang Tzu adaptation / rendering of Ibn Abbad from French translation / living in solitude.

First lines: "I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you are aware that"... Contents index: more in the Church and at the Second Vatican Council are seeing the value of Teilhard de Chardin, and that "He needs no saving, he is about as 'in' as one can be with the avant garde... the others will come round." / there is still suffering ahead and Chardin indicates the proper spirit to face this in «Divine Milieu».

First lines: "I have read your long letter carefully, and sympathize with you. I wonder if you are aware that"... Contents index: more in the Church and at the Second Vatican Council are seeing the value of Teilhard de Chardin, and that "He needs no saving, he is about as 'in' as one can be with the avant garde... the others will come round." / there is still suffering ahead and Chardin indicates the proper spirit to face this in «Divine Milieu».

First lines: "Yesterday, two days after sending off my letter to you, I received your letter. I was very happy to"... Contents index: relays impossibility of keeping regular correspondence / Arberry's translation of Coran (Koran/Quran) - Merton's personal use - chanting / Ibn Abbad / Chuang Tzu / liturgy book - «Seasons of Celebration» / thoughts about Merton bio in «Laurel» / thoughts on Catholic clergy / Nasafi.

First lines: "Yesterday, two days after sending off my letter to you, I received your letter. I was very happy to"... Contents index: relays impossibility of keeping regular correspondence / Arberry's translation of Coran (Koran/Quran) - Merton's personal use - chanting / Ibn Abbad / Chuang Tzu / liturgy book - «Seasons of Celebration» / thoughts about Merton bio in «Laurel» / thoughts on Catholic clergy / Nasafi.

First lines: "Yesterday, two days after sending off my letter to you, I received your letter. I was very happy to"... Contents index: relays impossibility of keeping regular correspondence / Arberry's translation of Coran (Koran/Quran) - Merton's personal use - chanting / Ibn Abbad / Chuang Tzu / liturgy book - «Seasons of Celebration» / thoughts about Merton bio in «Laurel» / thoughts on Catholic clergy / Nasafi.

First lines: "Yesterday, two days after sending off my letter to you, I received your letter. I was very happy to"... Contents index: relays impossibility of keeping regular correspondence / Arberry's translation of Coran (Koran/Quran) - Merton's personal use - chanting / Ibn Abbad / Chuang Tzu / liturgy book - «Seasons of Celebration» / thoughts about Merton bio in «Laurel» / thoughts on Catholic clergy / Nasafi.

First lines: "Voici une réponse que j'écris a votre P. Raymond qui m'a écrit, comme vous le savez Je lui dis ma"...

First lines: "Voici une réponse que j'écris a votre P. Raymond qui m'a écrit, comme vous le savez Je lui dis ma"...

First lines: "Here is an answer I am writing to your Fr. Raymond who wrote to me as you know. I tell him my"... Contents index: [copied from annotated typescript in Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2, Box 3].

First lines: "Here is an answer I am writing to your Fr. Raymond who wrote to me as you know. I tell him my"... Contents index: [copied from annotated typescript in Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2, Box 3].

First lines: "I appreciate your interest in my work, and under separate cover I am sending you a copy of my book,"... Contents index: «Rumi the Persian».

First lines: "I appreciate your interest in my work, and under separate cover I am sending you a copy of my book,"... Contents index: «Rumi the Persian».

First lines: "Today your letter came, with one from Jim also one from Dorothy Day. It was a great relief to hear"... Contents index: [handwritten in pencil - "This was with Catholic Peace Fellowship materials"] regret over hasty reaction to the suicide of Roger LaPorte by quitting the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) - (see telegram in "Forest, James" file) / Berrigan's exile to South America.

First lines: "Today your letter came, with one from Jim also one from Dorothy Day. It was a great relief to hear"... Contents index: regret over hasty reaction to the suicide of Roger LaPorte by quitting the Catholic Peace Fellowship (CPF) - (see telegram in "Forest, James" file) / Berrigan's exile to South America.

First lines: "Genowefa Bogatynska [-] ul. Rakowicka 21/4 [-] Krakow, «POLAND» [-] 1 Seasons"...

First lines: "Thanks for your note. I'll take whatever you provide. How about yogurt? I am told that is good"...

First lines: "Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany"...

First lines: "I will start in Chapter today if you wish. Please get the information to those who need it, could"... Contents index: [Bamberger note that Merton's novitiate talks were drawing more than novices and overcrowding the former room].

First lines: "Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose pieces of mine."...

First lines: "Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose pieces of mine."...

First lines: "Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose pieces of mine."...

First lines: "Next Spring New Directions is bringing out a paperback selection of various prose pieces of mine."...

First lines: "I do not remember whether or not I answered your letter about writing a special preface for"... Contents index: Merton would like to see a copy of the Second Vatican Council Encyclical "Gaudium et Spes", the Church in the Modern World, before writing preface to «Redeeming the Time».

First lines: "I do not remember whether or not I answered your letter about writing a special preface for"... Contents index: Merton would like to see a copy of the Second Vatican Council Encyclical "Gaudium et Spes", the Church in the Modern World, before writing preface to «Redeeming the Time».

First lines: "Fr. Louis [-] two paperback books. @ 1.35 [-] $2.70 [-] B Ri"...

First lines: "It turned out that I had this book after all. I thought I did not, someone was asking about it"...

First lines: "Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense joie,"...

First lines: "Votre lettre du 8 Nov. m'a causé me immense joie,"...

First lines: "Frln. Dagmar Henne [-] Agence Hoffman [-] Seestrasse 6 [-] 8 Munchen 23 W. Germany [-] 1 Wisdom of"...

First lines: "Could you please return this article when finished? [-] The buttermilk did not bother me"...

First lines: "I am in receipt of your two letters dated 2nd Nov. and 7th Nov. '65 respectively, the former having"... Contents index: chanting the Quran / Merton's renderings of Ibn Abbad / Syed Idrees Shah / al-Junayd, mystic of Baghdad / Nasafi / Walayat (sainthood) / hermitage and meditation methods / suggestion for book on knowing God through psychological perspectives - psychoanalytic applications of ethics.

First lines: "I am in receipt of your two letters dated 2nd Nov. and 7th Nov. '65 respectively, the former having"... Contents index: chanting the Quran / Merton's renderings of Ibn Abbad / Syed Idrees Shah / al-Junayd, mystic of Baghdad / Nasafi / Walayat (sainthood) / hermitage and meditation methods / suggestion for book on knowing God through psychological perspectives - psychoanalytic applications of ethics.

First lines: "Gethsemani Life of Praise [-] 3 books to Fr Louis [-] 10/1/66"...

First lines: "I grossly maligned the yogurt: it is the new buttermilk that is causing cramps and diarrhea."...

First lines: "I am sorry to see how long it is since I got your letter and Dan's proofs. Did not think the weeks"... Contents index: description of poems to be published by Dan [Berrigan?] - priest dealing with questions in a world of "Dachau and Hiroshima, Selma and Saigon" / whereabouts of Dan [Berrigan?].

First lines: "I am sorry to see how long it is since I got your letter and Dan's proofs. Did not think the weeks"... Contents index: description of poems to be published by Dan [Berrigan?] - priest dealing with questions in a world of "Dachau and Hiroshima, Selma and Saigon" / whereabouts of Dan [Berrigan?].

First lines: "Your two letters to Mrs. Ocampo arrived safely; she has gone for a few days to Mar del Plata. I am"... Contents index: acknowledging Merton's consent to publish an article in «Sur» / «Sur»'s 35th anniversary.

First lines: "Your two letters to Mrs. Ocampo arrived safely; she has gone for a few days to Mar del Plata. I am"... Contents index: acknowledging Merton's consent to publish an article in «Sur» / «Sur»'s 35th anniversary.

First lines: "First of all I am taking this occasion to send you a Christmas present from our community. I hope"...

First lines: "First of all I am taking this occasion to send you a Christmas present from our community. I hope"...

First lines: "Thank you ever so much for your very fine remarks on Father Berrigan's poems. I am afraid it is"... Contents index: [filed by Dom James Fox in a box of Macmillan Company files at Gethsemani] Merton's remarks on Fr. Daniel Berrigan's poems / contact information for "Dan", Msgr. Ivan D. Illich in Cuernavaca / Jack English.

First lines: "Thank you ever so much for your very fine remarks on Father Berrigan's poems. I am afraid it is"... Contents index: [filed by Dom James Fox in a box of Macmillan Company files at Gethsemani] Merton's remarks on Fr. Daniel Berrigan's poems / contact information for "Dan", Msgr. Ivan D. Illich in Cuernavaca / Jack English.

First lines: "Jack O'Neil [-] Peace Corps [-] Box 707 [-] Monrovia Liberia [-] 1 Crucifix [-] New Seeds [-] No Man"...

First lines: "The diarrhea cleared up ok. I have a slight cold, but no problem. The other stomach problem seems"...

First lines: "I am happy to hear about the new baby and will keep you in my prayers especially in your "Advent"."... Contents index: [verso: icon print from Maria Laach, Germany].

First lines: "I am happy to hear about the new baby and will keep you in my prayers especially in your "Advent"."... Contents index: [verso: icon print from Maria Laach, Germany].

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter and for your cheque, which I much appreciate. It helps me a good deal"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter and for your cheque, which I much appreciate. It helps me a good deal"...

First lines: "I haven't been acknowledging your kindness in the articles which you send us from time to time for"... Contents index: "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / rumors about Merton living as a hermit.

First lines: "I haven't been acknowledging your kindness in the articles which you send us from time to time for"... Contents index: "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / rumors about Merton living as a hermit.

First lines: "It is a great pleasure for me to have your book on Rumi, I am reading it with great interest as I"... Contents index: Sufism and Merton's lectures / suggests comparison of Rumi with other mystics / sends book on Chuang Tzu and uncorrected essay on Zen.

First lines: "It is a great pleasure for me to have your book on Rumi, I am reading it with great interest as I"... Contents index: Sufism and Merton's lectures / suggests comparison of Rumi with other mystics / sends book on Chuang Tzu and uncorrected essay on Zen.

First lines: "I had sent you a detailed letter on the 2nd instant which I hope you would have received by now. I"... Contents index: reaction to idea for a book by Merton on "How to Know God", including suggested chapters on "Detachment, Mortification of desire etc. but psychological reasons should be given" / not treated in a dogmatic manner.