1966-08-24, TL[c] Bennett from Merton, 'Your letter came to me as a complete surprise, and one that was in its own way'

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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-047-#02

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Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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1966-08-24, TL[c] Bennett from Merton, 'Your letter came to me as a complete surprise, and one that was in its own way'

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  • 1966 August 24 (Création/Production)

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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

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Merton, Thomas
(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 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: "Your letter came to me as a complete surprise, and one that was in its own way bouleversant. I had"... Contents index: Iris' move to California / Jean Hering / letter of 1957 and regrets expressed by Merton / news of Tom Bennett's death - came late and via New Zealand / «Life» quote refers to Merton's generation as "older", not Merton's elders (like Iris) / monastic life - new eremitical life / debt owed Tom and Iris / writings not intended to injure.

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    Road to Joy

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    from Thomas Merton to: Bennett, (Ruth) Iris Weiss

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