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First lines: "Dec. 10, 1968--20 years ago. Anyone who died on that day was in good company. In England, the"... Citation: Our Sunday Visitor 77.33 (11 December 1988): 8.

First lines: "The writings of Thomas Merton, who died in December 1968, continue to be published with unfailing"... Citation: America 177.18 (6 December 1997): 24-26. John Eudes Banberger.

First lines: "According to Cooper (Michigan State Univ.), this collection of 176 letters from religious writer and"... Citation: Choice 35.4 (December 1997). J. Overmyer.

First lines: "For a double reason passing judgment on "The Poems of Thomas Merton" is an unenviable task." Citation: Irish Monthly 79 (September 1951). I.T. Quin.

First lines: "The popularity of Thomas Merton's autobiographical and contemplative prose works has resulted in"... Citation: Courier-Journal [Louisville] (21 April 1957).William Habich.

First lines: "What is a monk? "A monk," says Thomas Merton in this his latest book, "is a man who has been called"... Citation: Catholic Free Press (29 March 1957). Ernest E. LaBranche.

First lines: "Coming from the busy pen of Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, this slender volume throws light upon"... Citation: Chicago Sunday Tribune (6 January 1957): 8. John A. O'Brien.

First lines: "Over the past fifteen years I've crossed at least a few streams holding"... Citation: N & R [Santa Fe] (August 1983):17.

First lines: "Thomas Merton has a great deal to offer men and women of every faith. Those who have read his"... Citation: Mutual Press Clipping. Harrison Smith. Also see 06a, 06c, 09b, 09c, 10b, 12d, 13a, 14c, 15a.

First lines: "In his latest volume, Father Merton shares with the reader his "own reflections on certain aspects"... Citation: Catholic Standard & Times (8 April 1955). Frank Hanlon.

First lines: "One after another, like icons in a procession, Thomas Merton books are being published. And read." Citation: Washington Post Book World (30 June 1985): 8. Colman McCarthy.

First lines: "This is a beautiful volume composed with deep felicity--the unostentatious"... Citation: Courier-Journal [Louisville] (25 October 1970).

First lines: "Thomas Merton, the hard-living young poet who, in the 1940's, turned his back on the world to become"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville, KY] (31 January 1965): 7. William Habich.

First lines: "'The horizons of the world', Thomas Merton writes, 'are no longer confined to Europe and America. It"... Citation: New York Review (4 May 1967).

First lines: "'The Ascent to Truth' is Thomas Merton's latest work. It is an exposition of the 16th century"... Citation: Post Houston Texas (7 October 1951).

First lines: "The title of the prolific Father Merton's latest book suggests one of his earlier books, "Seeds of"... Citation: News Sentinel Fort Wayne, In (2 January 1965). Mary Ditlinger Quinn. 2 copies.

First lines: "'The Seven Storey Mountain' was a compelling history of a young man whose search for spiritual"... Citation: Courier-Journal [Louisville, KY] (10 March 1949). Abby Albert.

First lines: "In his preface to the Japanese edition of "The Seven Storey Mountain," Thomas Merton wrote: "I have"... Citation: Courier Journal (2 December 1979): D5. Deba P. Patnaik.

First lines: "The longest essay in this collection, dedicated to the memory of Boris Pasternak, is an evaluation"... Citation: News Sentinel Ft. Wayne, IN (24 December 1960). Florence M. Manny.

First lines: "The scene was Thailand's capital of Bangkok. The date was Dec. 10, 1968. The occasion was a"... Citation: Beacon (27 September 1973): 3. Joseph Gallagher.

First lines: "En route to Asia in 1968, where he was to die accidentally in a Bangkok hotel, the celebrated"... Citation: Washington Post 19.16 (16 April 1989): 13. Nina King, ed.

First lines: "Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was one of the more important American theologians and poets of his time,"... Citation: Bloomsbury Review (July-August 1989): 12.

First lines: "Can any original Merton writing remain unpublished? Almost none. The publication of his journal"... Citation: En Christo 3.3 (July 1990): 48. Bernard K. Bangley.

First lines: "Robert Daggy, curator of the Thomas Merton Studies Center, makes some excellent observations in his"... Citation: Living Prayer 22.5 (September-October 1989): 32-33. Joan Williams OCD.

First lines: "A forgettable, hodgepodge of brief journal entries, letters and lectures that will interest only the"... Citation: Publishers Weekly 235.6 (10 February 1989): 67. Penny Kaganoff.

First lines: "In 1968, a few weeks after Thomas Merton searched in vain for a hermitage in Alaska, the Dalai Lama"... Citation: Spiritual Life 35.4 (Winter 1989): 244-247. William M. Lawbaugh.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, author of "The Seven Storey Mountain," that phenomenally popular account of his"... Citation: Star Washington DC (18 September 1949). Incomplete copy.

First lines: "Thomas Merton traveled far in the quiet confines"... Citation: Sunday Telegram Worcester, MA (September 29, 1985).

First lines: "Thomas Merton traveled far in the quiet confines"... Citation: Sunday Telegram Worcester MA (September 29, 1985).

First lines: "J.R.R. Tolkien once quipped of his old friend and colleague, C.S. Lewis: "He is the only man I have"... Citation: America 141 (13 October 1979): 197-198. Gerald S. Twomey.

First lines: "Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before"... Citation: Sun Jackson, TN (3 August 1969). Miles A. Smith. Also see 05, 10, 19, 21a, 21b, and 23b.

First lines: "In the 6th century AD, St. Benedict of Nursia set forth the three monastic vows binding on all men"... Citation: New Republic 180 (26 May 1979): 23, 26, 28-30. Francine du Plessix Gray.

First lines: "In the 6th century AD, St. Benedict of Nursia set forth the three monastic vows binding on all men"... Citation: New Republic 180 (26 May 1979): 23, 26, 28-30. Francine de Plessix Gray.

First lines: "In the 6th century AD, St. Benedict of Nursia set forth the three monastic vows binding on all men"... Citation: New Republic 180 (26 May 1979): 23, 26, 28-30.

First lines: "In the 6th century AD, St. Benedict of Nursia set forth the three monastic vows"... Citation: New Republic 180 (May 26 1979): 23, 26, 28-30.

First lines: "'The horizons of the world are no longer confined to Europe and America,' Thomas Merton points out"... Citation: Copy of dust jacket.

First lines: "'My own reflections on certain aspects of the spiritual life' is Thomas Merton's description of his"... Citation: dust jacket blurb.

First lines: "The author of "The Seven Story Mountain" has come up with a book of spiritual reflections which is"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville] (4 March 1956). William Habich.

First lines: "In this comprehensive selection of Thomas Merton's writings on peace, Gordon Zahn focuses on five"... Citation: Sign 51 (November 1971): 48. Thomas Heath OP.

First lines: "For Thomas Merton the word "peace" was more than a utopian concept or a pious platitude. It was a"... Citation: Orion 17 (September-October 1972): 85-88. Richard [Columban] Weber OCSO. Also see 03, 05.

First lines: "during the last decade of his life Thomas Merton began to write more insistently about peace and"... Citation: America 125 (21 August 1971): 102-103. Peter Thomas Rohrbach OCD.

First lines: "Students of both Bernard and Merton should find these three essays on Bernard's mystical teaching"... Citation: Religious Studies Review 7 (October 1981): 355-356. David E. Timmer.

First lines: "This book is a historical study of St. Bernard by Thomas Merton, It is a collection of essays"... Citation: Review for Religious 41.4 (July-August) 1982): 631-632. Richard J. Hauser.

First lines: "Containing three articles previously published (1948-54) by Thomas Merton, this ninth volume"... Citation: Choice 18.5 (January 1981): 676-677.

First lines: "Thomas Merton wrote in the letter in which he accepted the invitation to speak at the Congress in"... Citation: New Blackfriars 53.629 (October 1972): 470-476. Bede McGreggor OP.

First lines: "To the countless Americans who have become interested in the monastic life and its meaning through"... Citation: Standard New Bedford, MA (24 February 1957). L.M.

First lines: "A Trappist monastery, one might think, would be a most unlikely place to find a poet. How could the"... Citation: Ave Maria 65 (22 February 1947): 231-234. Speer Strahan.

First lines: "Father Louis Merton, OCSO, known to the reading public as Thomas Merton, the author of the former"... Citation: Star [?] Pasadena California.

First lines: "The Living Bread, by Thomas Merton (Farrar, Straus & Cudahy; $3) contains reflections appropriate to"... Citation: Star Washington DC (29 April 1956). C.B.J.

First lines: "From October 1939 to November 1941, when Merton was in his mid-twenties, he was a convert to"... Citation: Toledo Blade (1 March 1959). W.G. Rogers. Also see 05b, 05c, 05d, 07a.

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: "The central theme of Seasons of Celebrations is the liturgical renewal that the clergy and laity are"... Citation: Book Blurb from dust jacket.

First lines: "One of his best.... It is remarkable and emblematic that a monk who left Manhattan 25 years ago for"... Citation: Book blurb from dust jacket.

First lines: "Thomas Merton died in Bangkok a year ago. Before he left his monastery on his pilgrimage to Asia,"... Citation: Catholic Accent Greensburg, PA (18 December 1969). Helene Iswolsky.

First lines: "Despite the fact that Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton died on Dec. 10, 1968, most of his"... Citation: Our Sunday Visitor 81.32 (6 December 1992): 14-15.

First lines: "The remarkably wide range of interests reflected in the writings of the prolific Trappist monk"... Citation: Dialogue and Alliance 7 (Fall-Winter 1993): 139-140. James A. Wiseman OSB.

First lines: "This is just the book for persons who have wondered about monks and monastic life. "A monk is a man"... Citation: New Sentinel Fort Wayne, IN (5 January 1957). Richard Neil Kramer.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's new book, which he recently finished on the anniversary of his ninth year in the"...

First lines: "In two myths, a parable, a broadside and a meditative study, Thomas Merton presents the latest"... Citation: Jacket blurb from New Seeds of Contemplation.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's the Living Bread is infused with the "unmistakable radiant, contagious joy" which"...

First lines: "In a poignant tribute written shortly after the tragic death of the noted American Trappist Thomas"... Citation: America 142.15 (19 April 1980): 347-348. Gerald Twomey.

First lines: "In this seventh and final volume of Thomas Merton's journals, entries cover the last months of his"... Citation: Cistercian Studies Quarterly 35.1 (2000): 138-39. James Palmigiano.

First lines: "This volume of Merton's collected letters--the third of five--is concerned mainly with his life as a"... Citation: Christian Century 108.16 (8 May 1991): 529-530. Robert Kaftan.

First lines: "Before The Seven Storey Mountain was published, Thomas Merton had begun to keep a journal. The Sign"... Citation: Book blurb from dust jacket.

First lines: "A world famous Trappist monk and a Providence composer will collaborate in words and music for eight"... Citation: NY Times (28 April 1965).

First lines: "This book was prompted by the papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII in 1953, entitled "Doctor"... Citation: Star (26 June 1954). I.L.

First lines: "Merton, whose The Seven Storey Mountain is still making best-seller lists, is a member of the"... Citation: Press Cleveland, OH (8 March 1949). George V. Burns.

First lines: "There are many persons who almost dread to pick up a new book by a successful author that follows"... Citation: Catholic Universe Bulletin Cleveland OH (14 October 1949). Father A.M. Fitzpatrick, STD.

First lines: "Now published for the first time this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before Merton"... Citation: World Tulsa OK (30 August 1969). Also see 05, 10, 15, 21a, 21b, and 23b.

First lines: "'The Seven Storey Mountain,' one of the top ten best sellers in the non fiction field for the past several weeks,"... Citation: Columbia Spectator 71.86 (February 24, 1949): 6.

First lines: "Louisville, May 26--In a solemn ceremony of the Roman Catholic Church, Thomas Merton, author of the"... Citation: New York Times (27 May 1949).

First lines: "En octubre de 1961, publiqué en ABC el artículo"... Citation: ABC (10-16 September 2005): 18-19.

First lines: "En octubre de 1961, publiqué en ABC el artículo"... Citation: ABC (10-16 September 2005): 18-19.

First lines: "Tom Merton sat on the floor of his Greenwich Village apartment one cheerless morning in 1939. "Half"... Citation: Newsweek 34.12 (19 September 1949): 72-73.

First lines: "Last December, a book, written by a young Trappist monk, was published and reviewed, but received"... Citation: Vallejo, CA (10 April 1949).

First lines: "A Zen saying which intrigued Thomas Merton was 'Where do you go from the top of a thirty-foot pole?'"... Citation: St. Louis Globe Democrat (14-15 July 1973): 4E. John Heidenry.

First lines: "Here, at long last and after much delay, is the personal"... Citation: Catholic Review [Baltimore, MD] (July 13, 1973).

First lines: "The Asian Journal is Thomas Merton's diary of his trip to the East"... Citation: Catholic World.

First lines: "Thomas Merton was a great man. From his notes and diaries and talks on the last journey of his life"... Citation: U.S. Catholic 38 (October 1973): 48-50. Michael Christopher.

First lines: "As unexpected as Thomas Merton's death, December 10 in Bangkok, comes a novel by the poet-monk and"... Citation: Enquirer Kentucky Edition Cincinnati, OH (10 July 1969). James Ott.

First lines: "This book was written as Thomas Merton set off for the Orient, where he died while visiting Bangkok"... Citation: Southern Cross Alcala Park San Diego CA (2 October 1969). John Edwards.

First lines: "Over the years it has been asked by more than one writer: "If Thomas Merton suffered so by remaining"... Citation: Sisters Today 59.10 (June-July 1988): 593-599. Gregory J. Ryan.

First lines: "Books from the pen of Thomas Merton , who is now a Trappist monk at Gethsemane, KY., always stir the"... Citation: Tribune Chicago IL (4 March 1956). John A. O'Brien.

First lines: "Thomas Merton has become a target for a variety of divergent projections not only during his"... Citation: Tjurunga 57 (November 1999): 40. Michael Casey OCSO.

First lines: "The well-known life of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), spiritual poet and monk, agent of change and"... Citation: Catholic Free Press [Worchester MA] (31 December 1999): 11. Frank Allen.

First lines: "Books from the pen of Thomas Merton, who is not a Trappist monk at Gethsemane, KY., always stir the"... Citation: Union San Diego CA (22 April 1956). John O'Brien.

First lines: "The purpose of Father Merton's book about St. Bernard of Clairvaux is to focus the attention of the"... Citation: Catholic Standard & Times Philadelphia PA (11 June 1954). Frank Hanlon.

First lines: "Thomas Merton was a letter writer's letter writer. The first of what may become five hefty volumes"... Citation: Our Sunday Visitor 74.39 (26 January 1986): 7. Mitch Finley.

First lines: "The book's title Love and Living, was not chosen by Thomas Merton since this book represents a"... Citation: Merton Seasonal 11:4 (Fall 1986): 16-19.

First lines: "Thomas Merton's spiritual autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has achieved the accolade of the"... Citation: Globe & Mail Toronto Canada (9 July 1949). M.M. Mitchell.

First lines: "There is considerable appeal in this book which provides insight into Thomas Merton's thought that"... Citation: Fort Wayne News Sentinel (21 January 1967).Sister M. Friedebertha, OSF.

First lines: "It is commendable that Merton's poems from 1940-68 have been brought together in a single volume and"... Citation: Courier-Journal Louisville KY (29 January 1978). Deba P. Patnaik.

First lines: "In 1968 Thomas Merton died of electrocution"... Citation: Post [Denver, CO] (September 30, 1973).

First lines: "The story of a man's soul searching for peace in a world that knows no peace was the theme of Thomas"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville KY] (18 September 1949). Morgan Lawson.

First lines: "For those who had the privilege of meeting this thoroughly-lived and profound personality of the"... Citation: Post Denver CO (15 February 1953). Jonas Kiken.

First lines: "This book consists of the private thoughts of Thomas Merton during the years 1939-1941, when he was"... Citation: Globe Democrat St. Louis MO (27 June 1959). Robert E. Christin.

First lines: "Thomas Merton is the hard-living young man who turned his back on the world to become a Trappist"... Citation: Courier Journal [Louisville, KY] (15 February 1953). William Habich.

First lines: "Thomas Merton, the Kentucky Trappist monk who lives as a hermit in the woods of the Abbey of Our"... Citation: Courier Journal Louisville KY (25 December 1966).William Habich.

First lines: "A book of meditations that offers conviction for all who have the courage to look into the infinite;"... Citation: New York Times Book Review (25 May 1958).

First lines: "A human life is the story of a person recognizing and actualizing the gifts he or she has received." Citation: America 161.11 (21 October 1989): 267-277. William H. Shannon.