1960-11-17 (#01), TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'It was a pleasure for me to receive your good letter and I am certainly grateful to'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-A-076-#06

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1960-11-17 (#01), TALS[x] Aziz from Merton, 'It was a pleasure for me to receive your good letter and I am certainly grateful to'

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  • 1960 November 17 (Creation)

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2 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter with holograph annotations.

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(1915-1968)

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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 ofRead more

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First lines: "It was a pleasure for me to receive your good letter and I am certainly grateful to our mutual"... Contents index: not sending «Seeds of Contemplation» due to early ignorance of Sufism that Merton hopes to correct in «New Seeds» / HusaynRead more

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  • English

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Hidden Ground of Love

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to William Shannon from: Aziz, Abdul