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First lines: "A contemporary phenomenon has been the sudden widespread interest in books with a religious theme,"... Citation: News Chicago IL (14 September). Van Allen Bradley.

First lines: "The fireflies still flickered in the night like stars reflected in a wind-blown lake; a few tireless"... Citation: New York Herald-Tribune (16 September 1949). Lewis Gannett.

First lines: "And now for the early autumn days comes the companion volume to Thomas Merton's famous "The Seven"... Citation: Gazette Taunton MA (17 September 1949).

First lines: "Thomas Merton's titles need a bibliophile to interpret. His best seller, "The Seven Storey Mountain,"... Citation: Globe Boston, MA (18 September 1949). 2 copies, one on item #12.

First lines: "Many a reader of "The Seven Storey Mountain" may have felt an urge, temporary or relatively"... Citation: New York Herald Tribune (18 Sept 1949). George Shuster.

First lines: "Persons under the misapprehensions that monks are "pious athletes" competing to see who can say the"... Citation: Press Cleveland OH (20 September 1949). George V. Burns. Also see 15c.

First lines: "Last month the newspapers announced that the Trappist of Gethsemani, Kentucky, had acquired a part"... Citation: Catholic Messenger Davenport IA (22 September 1949).

First lines: "The Waters of Siloe by Thomas Merton, renowned Trappist monk-author, has been chosen as the October"... Citation: Catholic Messenger (29 September 1949).

First lines: "For the reader who has wondered why the idea of the contemplative life has held men's minds for"... Citation: News Los Angeles CA (1 October 1949). Mildred Myers.

First lines: "Ten years ago the tawdry, selfish, cacophonous world left more than the bad taste of a hangover in"... Citation: Tribune Minneapolis MN (25 September 1949). Jane Angrist.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, Father Louis of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, has written in"... Citation: Journal Rapid City SD (2 October 1949).

First lines: "That the Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton should have become a best seller and remained high"... Citation: Virginia Kirkus Bulletin (1 October 1949).

First lines: "'There is intoxication in the waters of contemplation...the waters which the world does not know,"... Citation: Register Des Moines IA (9 October 1949). Parker Mize.

First lines: "There are some readers who attribute the wide interest in Thomas Merton's books, "The Seven Storey"... Citation: Patriot Ledger (25 October 1949).

First lines: "Waters of Siloe gives a complete picture of the monk's daily life, it also provides an informal"... Citation: News Milford MA (29 October).

First lines: "Founded at the turn of the 12 century as a reform of Benedictine monasticism, the Cistercians (more"... Citation: Times Los Angeles CA (16 October 1949).

First lines: "Recent national best seller lists show that the author of this book, who sprang suddenly to fame"... Citation: News Detroit MI (6 November 1949).

First lines: "A perceptive history of the Trappist order and an understanding discussion from the Roman Catholic"... Citation: Books in Review Toronto Canada (December 1949).

First lines: "From the Foreword to the last item of the "Glossary of Some Monastic Terms," Fr. Louis does his"... Citation: Catholic Messenger Davenport IA (8 December 1949).

First lines: "history of the Cistercian Order to which the author belongs. It gives a complete and comprehensive"... Citation: Times Roanoke VA (18 December 1949).

First lines: "This book is a companion volume to the author's famous autobiography, "Seven Storey Mountain." It"... Citation: Review Toppenish Wash (16 February 1950).

First lines: "A study of the Trappist Order, its life, its history, its ideals by the author of the "Seven Storey"... Citation: Leader Manchester NH (14 March 1950).

First lines: "A study of the Trappist or Cistercian Order, its ideals by the author of The Seven Story"... Citation: New York Herald-Tribune (26 Feb 1950). Incomplete copy.

First lines: "A study of the Trappist or Cistercian Order, its life, its history, its ideals by the author of "The"... Citation: Monitor San Francisco CA (24 February 1950).

First lines: "The author says in his prologue that the"... Citation: Ave Maria 71 (January 7, 1950): 26.

First lines: "Not a translator or scholar, but a poet, Merton has re-rendered the sayings of"... Citation: Choice 3 (April 1966): 127.

First lines: "A delightful interpretative reading of an"... Citation: Monumenta Nipponica 22.1-2 (1967): 243.

First lines: "It is a difficult task to bring into sharp focus the life history of a nun who became a saint. It is"... Citation: News Cleveland OH (10 May 1950). Joseph Remenyi.

First lines: "This work developed from a pamphlet started by request of his superior before Seven Storey Mountain"... Citation: Catholic Booklist St. Catherine KY (1951).

First lines: "The biography of a 13th century Flemish nun, one of the earliest recorded cases of stigmatization"... Citation: Book Bulletin Chicago Library (September 1950).

First lines: "Biography of St. Lutgarde, a 13th century saint and mystic who joined a Trappist order; by a gifted"... Citation: Guidepost Cincinnati OH (May 1950).

First lines: "St. Lutgarde of Aywieres, the latest subject of Thomas Merton's fluent pen, is a delightfully solid,"... Citation: New York Times 55 (26 March 1950): 4. Anne Fremantle.

First lines: "The celebrated dictum about every person having one good book in him is well illustrated in the case"... Citation: Tribune Chicago IL (26 March 1950).

First lines: "St. Lutgarde was a Cistercian nun attached to the c onvent of Aywieres in the Duchy of Brabant." Citation: Sign 29 (May 1950): 66-67.

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First lines: "The recent numerous reprints and translations of articles by Thomas Merton"... Citation: Renascence 15 (Fall 1962): 46-50.

Reviews of When Prophecy Still Had a Voice: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Robert Lax.

First lines: "Arthur Biddle's exemplary edition of the letters exchanged between Thomas Merton and his Columbia"... Citation: Commonweal 128.14 (17 August 2001): 29.

First lines: "Three new books in the past four years suggest a revival of interest in an all-American trio"... Citation: National Catholic Reporter 40.43 (8 October 2004): 10A-11A.

First lines: "Those who have read--or attempted to read--A Catch of Anti-Letters, the collection of 66 letters"... Citation: Merton Annual 14: 244-251.

First lines: "Those who identify with Thomas Merton's deep affection for the natural world have waited long for a"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 28:2 (Summer 2003): 33-34.

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Reviews of The Wisdom of the Desert.

First lines: "This collection of proverbs and stories from the desert fathers show how justified Saint Benedict"... Citation: Sign 41 (November 1961): 72.

First lines: "Czy zabiegany czlowiek ery empetrojek"... Citation: Gosc Niedzielny (20 May 2007): 51.

First lines: "Some sayings of fourth-century desert Fathers"... Citation: Jubilee 9.6 (October 1961): 46.

First lines: "In 1965 as Thomas Merton was preparing to enter his hermitage on a more permanent basis, he"... Citation: Merton Annual 8: 246-254 [online].

First lines: "Thomas Merton was once advised by Evelyn Waugh, who edited The Seven"... Citation: Merton Journal [UK] 2.1 (Easter 1995): 46-50.

First lines: "Honeymooning in Mendocino, a little artists' village in Northern California, I had been"... Citation: Epiphany 5 (Winter 1984); 89-91.

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This file contains essays by Thomas Merton with titles beginning with the letter "A" (removing the word "A" or "An" if occurring at the beginning of a title).

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First lines: "Wnikliwe I smiale rozwazania na temat absurdow w dekoracji sakralnej.." Contents: «Tygodnik Powszechny» (Krakow) 15: 1-2..

First lines: "En un lugar de su Mont Saint Michel y Chartres, Henry Adams hace la advertencia de que un artista.." Contents: «Hogar y arquitectura» (Madrid) 57: 21-23..

First lines: "There is one exception to St Bernard's rule that every perfect soul combines in itself the vocation.." Contents: Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the final chapter of the book-length text of "Action an

First lines: "In his ninth sermon on the Canticle of Canticles, St. Bernard describes the apostolic fruitfulness.." Contents: The first of three articles published Collectanea. The manuscript is untitled. It appears in en as "Action in the Monastic

First lines: "Before we approach the subject of this book, which is St Bernard's doctine on the Active and.." Contents: Not one of the three original articles from Collectanea, it was added as the first chapter of the book-length text (pp. 22-37 in «Tho

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First lines: "1) St Bern. [indecipherable] problem substantially in same way as St Gregory. 2) "Contemplative.."

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 5, page 1.

First lines: "Adoration of the Shepherds.."

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First lines: "Preliminaries: 1. One must learn how to meditate. There are «was» of meditation..." Contents: 3 copies..

First lines: "Preamble: on God's grace and our own work. Vocation. Twofold call: to contempl. life / to renew.."

First lines: "August 22 [-] A picture of Mount McKinley in front of me under the lamp - (came today as a feast day.." Contents: Published in «Antæus», No. 61, Autumn, 1988: 272-280..

First lines: "Camus rozpoczal uwagi skierowane do paryskich dominikanów od kilku interesujacych spostrezezen.." Contents: «Tygodnik Powszechny» (Krakow, Poland): 8. This is not the whole essay but excerpts beginning with section two..

First lines: "’Why do you call me “Sir”?’ said the prison chaplain, ‘why don't you call me Father?’.." Contents: 4 copies of «The Catholic Worker», XXXIII, No. 3 (1966): 1, 4-5, 8..

First lines: "Die Engel sind unsere Brüder und Dienstgefährten in einer Welt von Freiheit und Gnade..." Contents: «Seckauer Hefte» (Styria, Austria) 29 (1966): 73-79..

First lines: "The angels are our brothers and fellow servants in a world of freedom and of grace..." Contents: «Season» 5 (Summer 1967): 5-11..

First lines: "[holograph insert] The much advertised "Death of God" -.." Contents: Labeled "Advent 1965" / copied from Syracuse University..

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First lines: "La spiritualité anglaise trouve sa source dans Saint Augustin et Saint Benoit, et c'est à cette.."

First lines: "Like Bernanos and Camus Simone Weil [sic] is one of those brilliant and independent fr thinkers.." Contents: 5 copies..

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First lines: "Algunas linea del poeta y monje trapense Thomas, Tom Merton, Gethsemaniano desde 1941 -- nació.." Contents: Copied from the Ernesto Cardenal papers at the Benson Library at the University of Texas from unknown publication, pages 136-137..

First lines: "Desde la Abadia de Gethsemani, en Kentucky, Estados Unidos, "solitario en el bosque", el monje.." Contents: «Punto Final» (Santiago de Chile) 2: 14-16..

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First lines: "The Christian consciousness, especially in religious, is suffering from a kind of schizoid split due.."

First lines: "is more mystical. The great popularity of Teilhard is due surely to the fact that he has been able.." Contents: Incomplete draft, pages 3-8.

Published as "How It Is: Apologies to an Unbeliever".

First lines: "This is not going to be an easy tune to sing. To begin with, it is not one of the currently popular.." Contents: Photocopy of a mimeograph with a note addressed "Dear Eileen" (likely Eileen Curns, see Section A, correspondence). The note a

Published as "How It Is: Apologies to an Unbeliever".

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First lines: "Richard Hughes is fascinated by a story for its own sake, the proof of this is not hard to find..." Contents: «The Columbia Review» 21.1:13-18 (November 1939)..

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.

First lines: "Under the title "Contemplatives and the Crisis of Faith", we published in CISTERCIAN STUDIES II.." Contents: «Cistercian Studies» 4: 90-94..

First lines: "«Sollicité de collaborer à la rédaction d'un message de foi au monde moderne, le Père Louis Merton.." Contents: «Collectanea Cisterciensia» 31: 19-23..

First lines: "We cannot completely understand Saint John of the Cross or Saint Gregory of Nyssa unless we remember.." Contents: «Thought» 26: 361-383. Does not include a longer introduction as the reprint from 1990 does..

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First lines: "The private letters of another are always difficult, even when they happen to be written.." Contents: 3 copies. «New Lazarus Review» 1 (Spring 1978): 55-62..

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First lines: "Among other things, we are here to deepen our consciousness. This is not the whole idea of our life.." Contents: «Cistercian Studies» 9 (1974): 55-65..

In the bound volume of «Merton: Collected Essays» from the Merton Center Reading Room, Volume 18, page 1.

First lines: "The title of this book might suggest a detailed study of Egyptian, Syrian, Palestinian and Greek.."