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First lines: "I will try to reply to your letter before the matter ceases to be fresh in my mind. If I let it go,"...

First lines: "I will try to reply to your letter before the matter ceases to be fresh in my mind. If I let it go,"... Contents index: [duplicate carbon copy].

First lines: "Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a letter, and"...

First lines: "Please believe that I am covered with the most utter confusion. I knew I owed you a letter, and"...

First lines: "Thanks for telling me about Nanny. I did not know about her, but in the middle of Mass this morning"... Contents index: responds to news from Nancy that Nanny is seriously ill.

First lines: "sua carta (verdadeiro documento) foi um enorme prazer para mim, e por este prazer vão meus mais"...

First lines: "My heart-felt thanks for your remembrance. You so kindly remember me as I do you so dearly though"... Contents index: asking if Merton would invite him for an international religious gathering and pay for his travels back to the United States.

First lines: "I am glad to hear that the Peace Caravan of the AFSC will be in Louisville in July, and I think the"... Contents index: retreat at Gethsemani for Peace Caravan / Johnson government and conflict in Asia / fears of war against China / atomic weapons / policing methods in Vietnam "those of Selma and Birmingham" / computers.

First lines: "How grateful Tom for your marvelous welcome. Your wisdom, yourself! We went away as though after"... Contents index: thanks for Gethsemani get together and Merton's drawings / Berrigan sends a leaflet with "3 poems to fit our times [-] 1965 [-] Mary's Day [-] Immaculate Heart College" - poems by Dan Berrigan ("To the Woman of Immaculate Heart, a Poem and No Persuasion"), Gerald Huckaby, and Pat Amato.

First lines: "I have received the ms of BED AND BOARD and, largely because of your very persuasive letter,"... Contents index: responds that it is unlikely he would do a recommendation for Fr. Capon's book «Bed and Board» because of other obligations.

First lines: "Thank you for writing me as you have. I am sorry that the young people will not have the privilege"... Contents index: Johnson government in southeast Asia / blame placed on Eisenhower.

First lines: "I got out of the clinic at 12:30 and the Doctor was not yet finished. So far everything"...

First lines: "By all means take your time with Father Capon's book. If you «are» inspired -- soon or late --"...

First lines: "Dr Fortune had me thoroughly examined and I am satisfied that it came out well. Nothing serious"...

First lines: "It is always so good to receive your extremely informative and lively letters, but I especially"...

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

First lines: "The Sister-in-charge for the summer has just offered me a grand birthday present -- a picnic outing"...

First lines: "Thanks very much for sending the telegram to let me know of Nanny's death. It was very thoughtful"...

First lines: "Thanks very much for sending the telegram to let me know of Nanny's death. It was very thoughtful"...

First lines: "First, since you mention the prospectus at the top of your letter, I will say "yes" to the offer now"...

First lines: "Congratulations on the birthday and thanks for your letter. I hope this reply reaches you in time"...

First lines: "Congratulations on the birthday and thanks for your letter. I hope this reply reaches you in time"...

First lines: "It was good to hear from you again. I am glad you have done so well in school, and especially glad"... Contents index: thinking of religious life again / recommendation for Franciscans / current winds of change in religious life, also confusion / new foundation in Norway.

First lines: "I certainly think this ought to be published. It is an excellent job and very useful. On the other"...

First lines: "Excuse me my writing to you: I know, I mustn't write so often, to disturb you. This time I want to"... Contents index: translated introduction from Japanese edition of «The Seven Storey Mountain» into Polish - would like to publish this and some of Merton's other writings in Polish.

First lines: "Thanks very much for the two new little books you sent. Your Rechenschaft looks particularly"...

First lines: "I wish I had time to write you a good long letter about the problems of religious to which you"... Contents index: poetry thesis / reason for writing poetry / poets Merton likes / state of upheaval in the religious life.

First lines: "Many thanks for the letter and the fine poem. I am sorry Fr McGowan couldn't get out here. But"... Contents index: [1965/05/18 date in published letters a misprint] no more visits to Merton at hermitage, except one commitment to Hildegard Goss Mayr / Schema for the «Commonweal» - hermitage / Jim Douglass / Merton's new "novitiate" of life in the hermitage.

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

First lines: "I will answer your good letter without delay, because otherwise I will put it aside and many not get"... Contents index: Merton gives blanket permission to translate short articles into Polish - can share privilege with others - Merton not interested in royalties from this.

First lines: "This letter comes to you as a surprise as it does from a person whom you have never known before,"... Contents index: asking permission to translate «Seeds of Contemplation» into Vietnamese.

First lines: "Maybe someone should do a report on the Monastic Renewal article herewith - but first they'd"...

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

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

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

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: "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: "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: "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 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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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.

First lines: "It is Christmas Eve and the afternoon is free, so I have taken time to get a few letters in the mail"... Contents index: hermitage / rumors / "The Climate of Monastic Prayer" / contemplative vocation.

First lines: "Thanks for the book, first of all. I had heard about it, and I am sure I will profit by reading it."... Contents index: clergy's view of women - seminary formation in shaping this view / conscientious objection / «Pacem in Terris» and Pope Paul VI's speech to the UN / Vietnam War / reasons to object from involvement in fighting war and alternatives - Peace Corps / harmfulness of irresponsible protest / Gordon Zahn's «In Silent Witness».

First lines: "I have received you book and have begun it, under conditions that are quite exemplary"... Contents index: read a book by Burtt and plans to send comment on the book at a later date / Merton sending book on Chuang Tzu.

First lines: "I hate to resort to mimeographed letters, but it has now become completely impossible for"... Contents index: [labelled "A CHRISTMAS LETTER 1965 ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI KY"].

First lines: "Do you have a minute after dinner? [-] Thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis"... Contents index: [Bamberger notes in pencil, "about his secretary who got sick and getting another to replace"]

First lines: "I am interested in your book, which I am sure will fill a great need in this country. The subject"... Contents index: [annotated by Merton and Arasteh] writing a preface for Arasteh / question of psychedelics in valid mystical experiences / article on Zen Koans.

First lines: "I will need another bursitis shot next Monday Sept 26th [-] Could you please make"...

First lines: "I have your two kind letters of Dec. 1 and Dec. 20th and once again I will try within my capacity to"... Contents index: idea of writing another book on prayer / Ibn Abbad suggestions for book / Syes Idrees Shah and al-Junayd / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin / suicide of Dr. Molé / Malaval - quietists / Zaehner / daily routine as hermit / Merton's method of meditation.

First lines: "I have your two kind letters of Dec. 1 and Dec. 20th and once again I will try within my capacity to"... Contents index: idea of writing another book on prayer / Ibn Abbad suggestions for book / Syes Idrees Shah and al-Junayd / Pierre Teilhard de Chardin / suicide of Dr. Molé / Malaval - quietists / Zaehner / daily routine as hermit / Merton's method of meditation.

First lines: "Will your team please take care of this and will you deal with him directly? [-] Thanx in Jesu"... Contents index: [on envelope of letter from the abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont - likely either from Dom André Louf or Fr. Etienne Pâris of Mont des Cats, France (see their correspondence files)]

First lines: "Why I address you thus instead of as Dear Tom you will understand when I reveal to you that Barbara"... Contents index: John and Barbara's return to the Catholic Church / writer's block from U.S. racial problems and Vietnam War / resignation from Santa Clara University professorship / Selma-Montgomery March / called Communist by Governor Wallace on TV / Ku Klux Klan / killer of Jonathan Daniels trials / Cuernavaca - Ernesto Cardenal.

First lines: "May I please have copies of Ascent to Truth and No Man is an Island to send out? (1 of each)"...

First lines: "Many thanks for your kind words about the book. I was sure you would find some common ground"... Contents index: mentions that there are similarities and differences between their ideas - looks forward to Merton's comments.

First lines: "May I please have 4 Chuang Tzu to send out and 4 Gandhi also? Many thanx in Jesu [-] fr m Louis"...

First lines: "In July I sent you a letter which I suspect got lost, as the South American mail service is"... Contents index: eremitical life / choice of following Bishop Valdéz to south of Chile / hermitage at Lake Rupanco.

First lines: "I have thought about you a great deal, but refrained from writing until your birthday, as I feel you"...