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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-004-#01
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Item
Title
1967-10-02, TL[c] Baeten from Merton, 'It is almost impossible for me to give you in a few words the reasons for race'
Date(s)
- 1967 October 2 (Creation)
Extent
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… Read more
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Scope and content
First lines: "It is almost impossible for me to give you in a few words the reasons for race prejudice. I refer"... Contents index: recommends «Seeds of Destruction» and sends article / psychological factors in racism / Gospel's teaching to see same… Read more
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Languages of the material
- English
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Publication notes
Road to Joy
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Baeten, Betsi