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- 1967 November 27 (Creation)
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2 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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: "Jim Holloway sent me a clipping about Phil: that and his piece in CW about prison (which was v."... Contents index: question of whether signing on to petition being given to the Pope should get mixed up in state policy (Church-state separation) but agrees with cause / does not want to be too controversial by accepting draft cards now with the new Abbatial election / contemplatives forming lay communities / Dom James as hermit.
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- English