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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-062-#03
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1967-06-22, TL[c] Arnold from Merton, 'I have been wanting to thank you for the book you sent, Salt and Light by'
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- 1967 June 22 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "I have been wanting to thank you for the book you sent, «Salt and Light» by Eberhard Arnold."... Contents index: review of «Salt and Light» / Plough Publishing's booklet on community and talks given to monks.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Arnold, Johann Christoph