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Date(s)
- 1966 March 18 (Creation)
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2 page(s); Typed signed letter.
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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 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: "A short note to assure you that I am safely back in the arms of Jesuit Missions, deeply grateful for"... Contents index: "no prospect of an early let-up in the war frenzy" - need for change but agreement with Merton that extremism could undermine good effects / not convinced of Bill DuBay's solution.
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Languages of the material
- engleză