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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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: "It is silly to bother you with this piece of absurd nonsense, but as I made you a sign about it,"... Contents index: [see also "Censors Reports" file, Series 36, "New Seeds of Contemplation" / carbon transferred from "Hart Working Files"] censors negative comments about Merton's interpretation of René Descartes - censor compares Merton's ideas on Christian contemplation to Hindu contemplation, but Merton thinks the censor's own notion of contemplation more closely compares to a negative stereotype of Hindu mysticism.
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The donor or source was: Hart, Patrick, Br., O.C.S.O..