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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-056-#01
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1954-10-29, TALS Bernard to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your letter of the 16th. Indeed I was surprised! In fact I'
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- 1954 October 29 (Creation)
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2 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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First lines: "Thank you very much for your letter of the 16th. Indeed I was surprised! In fact I am rather"... Contents index: changing orders and international confusion with Abbeys on both sides of the Atlantic / "contemplation and action" - ideals of Cistercian pure contemplation vs. Carmelite mixture of contemplation and action / convert background / mixture is not for him - wants to be Cistercian / asking help in finding an abbey.
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- anglų
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to Thomas Merton from: Bernard, Fr., O.C.D.