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- 1967 March 7 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Xerox copy of a holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
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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: "Just got your new book yesterday. It looks great. Will report soon as I can type again. I just"... Contents index: dialogue between "extreme people" about the future relevance of monasticism - against monasticism as a "tolerable Christian concept" - Rosemary Ruether and Vahanian; for quasi-monastic, middle ground - Dorothy Day and Dave Kirk; traditional monasticism - Dom Jean Leclercq and Merton / Jim Forest / Joan Baez.
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- English
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Copy from Cornell University Department of Rare Books.
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Hidden Ground of Love