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First lines: "C'est de Cîteaux, où je viens d'arriver pour le Ch. G'al presque eu même temps que Dom James,"...

First lines: "Books for Sister Bogdana cordially in Christ our Lord [-] T Merton"... Contents index: [photocopy of an envelope with the above note in Merton's handwriting - sending «The Seven Storey Mountain» and «Disputed Questions»].

First lines: "I think often of you and of the book."...

First lines: "Mille pardons. Really I'm all confused. Just came across most of this on my desk and can't"...

First lines: "You were very kind this morning and I am very sorry to have caused you some annoyance by being"... Contents index: [copied from annotated typescript in Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2, Box 3].

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

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

First lines: "Nous avons bien reçu votre lettre du 23 écoulé et vous en remercions. Nous vous informons que nous"... Contents index: sending a number of editions of the journal.

First lines: "Second thoughts on the study schedule we spoke of today. Instead of getting Fr Tarcisius in on it,"...

First lines: "As some token of gratitude for the […] on mystical"... Contents index: Fr. [Arthur MacDonald] Allchin / Professor Evans of London University.

First lines: "Invoice [-] France-Asie [-] Revue bilingue des Problèmes asiatiques et de Synthèse culturelle"... Contents index: invoice for «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "In "The Commonweal" of August 21, 1964 I read your very interesting article about Bishop Robinson."... Contents index: asking to translate Merton article about Bishop Robinson for Dutch periodical / permissions granted from Mr. Skillen of «The Commonweal».

First lines: "It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your trip with me."... Contents index: wanted to see Silos, but not Valle de los caidos / Editorial Guadarrama / «Seeds of Destruction».

First lines: "We can send one car and will send same to Albert Pick Motel nine am Wednesday 18th. Good idea for"... Contents index: arranging talk on Loretto / Berrigan to lead discussion on "spiritual roots of protest" and Merton to give talk on "monastic desert viewpoint".

First lines: "Glad to have your card. We are expecting you. Could you please phone our guesthouse when you know"...

First lines: "Last minute check on arrangements for getting the people here. John H. arranged for me to have only"... Contents index: arrangements for meeting at Gethsemani / John Heidbrink and John O. Nelson from Yale / Berrigan to work on getting Paul Peachey there.

First lines: "I am afraid that I cannot five you a great deal of information on the Carthusians that would be"... Contents index: benefits and drawbacks of Carthusians or Camaldolese as an order for solitude.

First lines: "I have no need of an introduction to you, as I remember you with affection as a nice little baby,"... Contents index: [undated, but apparently between the 1964/09/13 and 1964/10/28 letters - sent to the Center in an envelope postmarked 1968/12/24 - possibly this was the announcement of Merton's death and was misplaced] Nanny (Freida Hauck) / possibility of sending her to the care facility of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

First lines: "You will recall the hopes that Dan and I had that you would write the foreword of our joint"... Contents index: asking Merton to write a foreword to his book «No Longer Strangers» / at meeting at Gethsemani next month, Philip would like to discuss institutionalism - wrote about it in «Perspectives».

First lines: "It was good to get your letter last August and to know that the Preface was suitable. I am very"... Contents index: Shakers / Ted (Edward Deming Andrews) / collection in one place at Amherst / published correspondence with Ted.

First lines: "vous [sic] saurez m'excuser si j'ai attendu presque une année pour vous écris encore, après votre"... Contents index: «Life and Holiness» / Hebert Mason / «Mohammed et St. François» / "Les érémites du Moyen Age et l'esprit du pèlérinage vers Jérusalem" / Pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Islamic pilgrimages / finished 3 volumes on works of Louis Massignon / Christian interpretations of the Koran.

First lines: "How many letters do I owe you? I blush to think of it. Please forgive me. (I have just been"...

First lines: "When I suggested the Little Sisters I realized that the suggestion would be a bit of a bombshell on"... Contents index: Walter Hauck and disgrace in sending Nanny to the Little Sisters of the Poor / Merton encourages them "see beyond the surface and the conventional social outlook".

First lines: "Thank you for your recent letter, as usuall [sic] full of interesting news of your amazing"...

First lines: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "It was good to get your letter and to hear of your new work. The mosaics in relief seem to me to be"... Contents index: [Merton writes "Jaime Andrade" in pen above "Dear Jaime"] books on Ecuadorian folk lore / Merton's abstract drawings.

First lines: "Je vous remercie pour votre lettre, que j'ai à nouveau reçue avec le retard habituel. Mais dès"... Contents index: asking if Merton wants back editions of the journal on Buddhism and Asian culture.

First lines: "Thanks for your note of yesterday. I sent the CW Letters and some other things, but have no more"... Contents index: no more copies of «Peace in the Post-Christian Era» to reproduce / talk on Loretto for the afternoon / will try to come up with an article for «Jesuit Missions» after finishing overdue article for «Holiday».

First lines: "I have very much to say and may wind up saying little of it, but before I begin... this letter"...

First lines: "I have no letters from you since last December, although I wrote myself to you three times. My last"...

First lines: "As I leave a week from Sunday for University of Maryland, it behooves me to firm up my Louisville"...

First lines: "Je viens de recevoir une lettre des Éditions Albin Michel m'informant de votre déception de n'avoir"... Contents index: Merton's complaint to Editions Albin Michel that he had not received «Présence du Bouddhisme».

First lines: "Father Philip Berrigan asked me to get the address of Chris McNair for you, and it is: 61 Sixth"... Contents index: Merton's article in the «New York Review».

First lines: "Congratulations and blessings. I was praying for you Saturday, your profession day. It really make"...

First lines: "I will be expecting Mrs Harton and her holy companions, including you I hope, Oct. 15 on the Feast"...

First lines: "We visited today this magnificent Abbaye, daughter of Fontfroide, destroyed in 1835 and partially"... Contents index: [Real Monasterio de Poblet] Cistercians living 12th century austerity since rebuilding ruined abbey in 1940.

First lines: "The wonderful package of books has arrived, and I am reading the first volume of «Herrlichkeit»"...

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: [copied from Sub-Section H.7, Hart Working Files, Accession 2] Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "It was good to hear from you, and I think I have a fairly clear memory of your visit, though it was"... Contents index: Trappist monastic life - good on promoting the «vita activa» (active life) of work and active communal prayer, but not good at promoting true solitude - will drive away those looking for solitude unless eremitical life is allowed - suggests Fr. Minard's group / Merton looking for a solution for more solitude within the Order.

First lines: "Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de Cristo Sacerdote, La"... Contents index: comments for publication on 1964 presidential election between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater.

First lines: "Sure, by all means have them send the proofs and I will try to writ[e] at least something, if I"... Contents index: five day conference of novice masters "kicking around seven main types of misunderstanding" / some peace writings approved for publishing after a rewrite - thinks writings are now stronger / Carole Denise McNair killed in the September 1963 bombing in Birmingham, Alabama - "Picture of a Black Child with a White Doll".

First lines: "After the Chateaux de la Loire and the pre-historic caves in Dordogne, we have now seen the remains"... Contents index: [two postcards of the Abbaye de Fontfroide] ruins of Cistercian abbeys / sister-in-law, a Carmelite in Tours living without electricity.

First lines: "For many reasons I have been delayed in replying to your letter. Naturally I have studied it with"...

First lines: "It has been good hearing from you. I am glad you were at Wisques and of course have no objection at"... Contents index: Abbot of Wisques and Dom Doyère / copies of "Monk in Diaspora" / Miguel de Sanmiguel, publisher at Guadarrama / Spanish poets / Abbot of Montserrat.

First lines: "Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me where to find"... Contents index: arranged talk with Loretto community / Merton's showing of abstract drawings in Louisville / aggiornamento of Trappist life and monastic formation - vocation problem / article on Flannery O'Connor / more of Merton's writing on peace getting through censors, though nothing "technical about the morality of the bomb".

First lines: "Got a good letter from John Heidbrink today and he said you were bac[k] also told me where to find"... Contents index: arranged talk with Loretto community / Merton's showing of abstract drawings in Louisville / aggiornamento of Trappist life and monastic formation - vocation problem / article on Flannery O'Connor / more of Merton's writing on peace getting through censors, though nothing "technical about the morality of the bomb".

First lines: "I am not quite sure I understand Dr Simon. He said something about fungus infection,"...

First lines: "I hope that I have not transgressed your wishes in showing your letter at Wisques. Dom Doyère asked"... Contents index: [no date but seems to fall between 1964/09/11 and 1964/09/22 letters] "Monk in Diaspora".