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First lines: "Vous avez été bien aimable ce matin, je regrette beaucoup de vous avoir indirectement cause des"...

First lines: "suponho que por sobrecarga de trabalho, ficaram sem resposta minhas últimas cartas. Eu sei como é"...

First lines: "suponho que por sobrecarga de trabalho, ficaram sem resposta minhas últimas cartas. Eu sei como é"...

First lines: "I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your parish: you leave"... Contents index: faith of converts vs. "cradle Catholics" / value of perspective of converts / changes in the Catholic Church / value of changing language to the vernacular / value of retention of Latin and Gregorian chant in monastic choir / avoiding "triumphalism" in our views.

First lines: "I am happy to say a word to your fellow members of the Guild of St Paul in your parish: you leave"... Contents index: faith of converts vs. "cradle Catholics" / value of perspective of converts / changes in the Catholic Church / value of changing language to the vernacular / value of retention of Latin and Gregorian chant in monastic choir / avoiding "triumphalism" in our views.

First lines: "Many thanks for the copies of your articles which dome to me from time to time. I am"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the copies of your articles which dome to me from time to time. I am"...

First lines: "Thanks for your good and prompt letter. I am sending three rather poor photographs of the drawings"...

First lines: "Thanks for your good and prompt letter. I am sending three rather poor photographs of the drawings"...

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

First lines: "John Fitzgerald Kennedy [-] 35th President of the United States [-] Born May 29, 1917"... Contents index: [memorial card for the death of John F. Kennedy with a colorized photograph, and a prayer and quote from St. Ambrose on verso].

First lines: "Thanks so much for your note together with the enclosure concerning the exhibit. Glad you liked"...

First lines: "Thanks so much for your note together with the enclosure concerning the exhibit. Glad you liked"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter. I want to say that I said Mass for you and Stanbrook on the 12th"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter. I want to say that I said Mass for you and Stanbrook on the 12th"...

First lines: "I want to answer your letter before I forget about it, and while I have the problem fresh in my mind"... Contents index: Dom Winandy / Dom Thomas / superiorship vs. eremitical life.

First lines: "I want to answer your letter before I forget about it, and while I have the problem fresh in my mind"... Contents index: Dom Winandy / Dom Thomas / superiorship vs. eremitical life.

First lines: "Many thanks for returning "Father William of"... Contents index: [postcard of Westminster Abbey].

First lines: "Many thanks for returning "Father William of"... Contents index: [postcard of Westminster Abbey].

First lines: "Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is something of a"... Contents index: singing in choir / new liturgy / self-consciousness / advice for readings as novice master.

First lines: "Forgive me please for not answering sooner. You can doubtless guess that mail is something of a"... Contents index: singing in choir / new liturgy / self-consciousness / advice for readings as novice master.

First lines: "The foreword arrived, so an immediate word of my gratitude- tremendously pleased with it."... Contents index: correction of one error in Merton's foreword.

First lines: "Your note arrived today and I immediately informed Macmillan to go ahead on the preface."... Contents index: Merton did not have to send preface to the censors / reviews of «Seeds of Destruction» did not give it the credit it deserved - few Christians who have perspective on the road ahead.

First lines: "Fr Paul at Conyers has written to me that you would be interested in the calligraphies of mine which"... Contents index: places where Merton's art will be displayed / arrangements for shipping art / proceeds going to scholarship fund.

First lines: "Fr Paul at Conyers has written to me that you would be interested in the calligraphies of mine which"... Contents index: places where Merton's art will be displayed / arrangements for shipping art / proceeds going to scholarship fund.

First lines: "AID newsletter came in this morning all full of good pictures of you, and reminded me I owe you a"... Contents index: after finishing as Novice Master, Merton to live full hermit life / life in solitude doesn't cause misanthropy, but an appreciation of humanity / Merton now on same electric grid as Rural Electric Cooperative and the poor farmers - wants to move farther out / Vietnam "sickening".

First lines: "I did not get round to writing to you for your fiftieth birthday, but I remembered it all right,"...

First lines: "I did not get round to writing to you for your fiftieth birthday, but I remembered it all right,"...

First lines: "Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is booked solid for a"...

First lines: "Forgive this delay re your rubbings, but we have not been idle. The Museum is booked solid for a"...

First lines: "Turn about is fair play - the enclosed is an article by me for you to censor. Actually, this is a"...

First lines: "Turn about is fair play - the enclosed is an article by me for you to censor. Actually, this is a"...

First lines: "I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I can't thank you"... Contents index: introduction to Philip Berrigan's book / copyright issues.

First lines: "I am so happy to have your introduction to Father Philip Berrigan's book, and I can't thank you"... Contents index: introduction to Philip Berrigan's book / copyright issues.

First lines: "Je dois vous"...

First lines: "Je dois vous"...

First lines: "It seems to me that it would be better if Bro Matthias never worked in the calf barn, as h[e] has"... Contents index: [Bamberger notes, "I disagreed."].

First lines: "I have just received the report on the stool culture which we did on Father Merton. This shows"...

First lines: "Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to describe to you."... Contents index: estate of the Marquesa de Salinas near Cordoba / description of nearby Carmelites / Fathers at Montserrat.

First lines: "Due to the introduction of friends we had a very memorable visit which I wanted to describe to you."... Contents index: estate of the Marquesa de Salinas near Cordoba / description of nearby Carmelites / Fathers at Montserrat.

First lines: "Mille pardons! I just picked up your brochure on the drawings and realized for the first time that"...

First lines: "Mille pardons! I just picked up your brochure on the drawings and realized for the first time that"...

First lines: "Did not get allergy shot Sunday - will try again Monday after dinner OK? [-] fr m Louis"...

First lines: "Per your request of 11-8-63, please note that we have been giving Father Merton Sparine, 25 mgm. to"...

First lines: "Your Berrigan preface strikes me as quite conservative - for 1965 - and I see no need of censoring"...

First lines: "Your Berrigan preface strikes me as quite conservative - for 1965 - and I see no need of censoring"...

First lines: "I am just about to go into retreat for eight days, and wanted to drop you this note. I shall be"... Contents index: President Johnson's "peace offensive" in Vietnam and Pope's calls for peace.

First lines: "I am just about to go into retreat for eight days, and wanted to drop you this note. I shall be"... Contents index: President Johnson's "peace offensive" in Vietnam and Pope's calls for peace.

First lines: ""... Contents index: [photographs of Merton's art from his exhibit - many, if not all, images were inverted in photo development].

First lines: "The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are usually based"...

First lines: "The Drawings of Thomas Merton [-] A NOTE BY THE ARTIST [-] Since judgments are usually based"...

First lines: "Forty - Three Signatures [-] an exhibit of Drawings [-] by Thomas Merton"...

First lines: "Forty - Three Signatures [-] an exhibit of Drawings [-] by Thomas Merton"...

First lines: "Here is the preface. I can send some more copies if you like, but this is the one for printing, as"... Contents index: sending preface to «No Longer Strangers» - may have to send preface to censors / Merton likes content of the book but has some criticisms on style - too much ambiguity that will be understood by friends and misused by enemies.

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "I am sending two copies of a preface which I wrote thinking that probably it would not have to be"...

First lines: "Here is the preface. I can send some more copies if you like, but this is the one for printing, as"... Contents index: sending preface to «No Longer Strangers» - may have to send preface to censors / Merton likes content of the book but has some criticisms on style - too much ambiguity that will be understood by friends and misused by enemies.

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "Many thanks for the "Tongs" which got here a couple of days ago. I have not had a chance to play"...

First lines: "Yours is the second letter I have received in a few days, about the reference to Julian of Norwich"... Contents index: reference to Julian of Norwich in «Seeds of Destruction» / Julian of Norwich's «Revelations of Divine Love» / Bob Giroux.

First lines: "Yours is the second letter I have received in a few days, about the reference to Julian of Norwich"... Contents index: reference to Julian of Norwich in «Seeds of Destruction» / Julian of Norwich's «Revelations of Divine Love» / Bob Giroux.

First lines: "Thanks again and best wishes for the New Year. I hope all things go well with you. Do not worry"...

First lines: "Thanks again and best wishes for the New Year. I hope all things go well with you. Do not worry"...

First lines: "Thanks for your letter. This cannot be much more than a brief note to say that I agree with it,"... Contents index: aggiornamento, reform, of religious life - sense of artificiality - "struggle between the old rigidities and new forms of triviality" / Carmelites share this struggle / suggests personal life of contemplation while working "in the world" and a visit to Regina Laudis in Bethlehem Connecticut.

First lines: "Je vous remercie, avec un peu de retard, pour l'envoi de votre article, très intéressant d'ailleurs,"...

First lines: "Thanks for your letter. This cannot be much more than a brief note to say that I agree with it,"... Contents index: aggiornamento, reform, of religious life - sense of artificiality - "struggle between the old rigidities and new forms of triviality" / Carmelites share this struggle / suggests personal life of contemplation while working "in the world" and a visit to Regina Laudis in Bethlehem Connecticut.

First lines: "Je vous remercie, avec un peu de retard, pour l'envoi de votre article, très intéressant d'ailleurs,"...

First lines: "Para el Padre Merton con mi amistad y mis poemas."... Contents index: [see the "Family Room - Marginalia" section of the Merton Center collection for the original signed copy of the book «El ojo del can»].

First lines: "Para el Padre Merton con mi amistad y mis poemas."... Contents index: [see the "Family Room - Marginalia" section of the Merton Center collection for the original signed copy of the book «El ojo del can»].

First lines: "I could see you and Fr Prior about [indecipherable word..] either Thursday at 10.45 a.m. or Saturday"...

First lines: "Do you think Bro Ca[ the rest of name is illegible] could find a small moment to translate this?"... Contents index: [verso: Bamberger notes that Merton refers to a Polish letter he needed to be translated].

First lines: "Thanks for the tip about Reiteznstein and recluses. In what source is this found and do we have it"... Contents index: whether to accept the "levitating postulant" / criteria in choosing people.

First lines: "I have been very slow in writing you because I thought I would get a summary from the hospital which"...

First lines: "It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know how life is. I"...

First lines: "It's a very long time since I have written. I am so sorry, but you certainly know how life is. I"...

First lines: "Here I sit behind a very large pile of letters, trying to figure out which ones I will have to throw"... Contents index: spiritual advice and consolation / unauthorized picture on the cover of the «Sign».

First lines: "Here I sit behind a very large pile of letters, trying to figure out which ones I will have to throw"... Contents index: spiritual advice and consolation / unauthorized picture on the cover of the «Sign».

First lines: "Happy Feast. I pray this finds you filled with the love, joy and peace of this season. Do you know"...

First lines: "Happy Feast. I pray this finds you filled with the love, joy and peace of this season. Do you know"...

First lines: "I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to hear from you and"... Contents index: could give occasional advice via mail / Franciscan solitude - retiro.

First lines: "I am sorry to have left your letter unanswered for so long. I am always glad to hear from you and"... Contents index: could give occasional advice via mail / Franciscan solitude - retiro.

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter and the cheque, for which I thank very much you and the community. I"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your letter and the cheque, for which I thank very much you and the community. I"...

First lines: "As Christmas approaches once again, I want to send you my best wishes and a token of our friendship"...

First lines: "As Christmas approaches once again, I want to send you my best wishes and a token of our friendship"...

First lines: "Thank you for your kind letter. Naturally I would be delighted to have you translate anything of"... Contents index: translation of Merton's writings into Malayalam / «A Merton Reader» / Dom Bede Griffiths / Abbé Monchanin /.

First lines: "Thank you for your kind letter. Naturally I would be delighted to have you translate anything of"... Contents index: translation of Merton's writings into Malayalam / «A Merton Reader» / Dom Bede Griffiths / Abbé Monchanin /.

First lines: "It was a pleasure to get your letter this morning. Certainly I hope to write you a long reply with"... Contents index: Fr. G. Basetti Sani, O.F.M. - book on Mohammed and St. Francis / Moslem-Catholic dialogue / Jakob Boehme / «Seeds of Destruction» / Ibn Abad de Ronda / hermitage / "idolatry of «concepts» as well as of graven images".

First lines: "It was a pleasure to get your letter this morning. Certainly I hope to write you a long reply with"... Contents index: Fr. G. Basetti Sani, O.F.M. - book on Mohammed and St. Francis / Moslem-Catholic dialogue / Jakob Boehme / «Seeds of Destruction» / Ibn Abad de Ronda / hermitage / "idolatry of «concepts» as well as of graven images".

First lines: "It was a pleasure to get your letter this morning. Certainly I hope to write you a long reply with"... Contents index: Fr. G. Basetti Sani, O.F.M. - book on Mohammed and St. Francis / Moslem-Catholic dialogue / Jakob Boehme / «Seeds of Destruction» / Ibn Abad de Ronda / hermitage / "idolatry of «concepts» as well as of graven images".

First lines: "It was a pleasure to get your letter this morning. Certainly I hope to write you a long reply with"... Contents index: Fr. G. Basetti Sani, O.F.M. - book on Mohammed and St. Francis / Moslem-Catholic dialogue / Jakob Boehme / «Seeds of Destruction» / Ibn Abad de Ronda / hermitage / "idolatry of «concepts» as well as of graven images".

First lines: "I thank you in anticipation for the book and magazine you have sent. They will, I am sure, be very"... Contents index: Lancelot Andrews / Lady Julian / the Cloud in relation to Zen / monastic renewal and article published by the Blackfriars.

First lines: "I thank you in anticipation for the book and magazine you have sent. They will, I am sure, be very"... Contents index: Lancelot Andrews / Lady Julian / the Cloud in relation to Zen / monastic renewal and article published by the Blackfriars.

First lines: "Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. March 6, 1894 and"... Contents index: enclosed with 1964/12/07 letter / clipping from Fall 1964 issue of Amherst Alumni Quarterly.

First lines: "Dr. Edward Deming Andrews, Ted to his classmates, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. March 6, 1894 and"... Contents index: enclosed with 1964/12/07 letter / clipping from Fall 1964 issue of Amherst Alumni Quarterly.

First lines: "Thank you for your letter of October 30. Dover Publications, who have put out three of our books"... Contents index: Religion in Wood / Indiana University / communitarianism / New Harmony / The Angel and the Serpent.