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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-139-#19
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Item
Title
1966-02-01, TL[c] Bruyn from Merton, 'Certainly I do not regard monastic letters as a distraction and I was glad to hear'
Date(s)
- 1966 February 1 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
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… Read more
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First lines: "Certainly I do not regard monastic letters as a distraction and I was glad to hear from you."...
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
from Thomas Merton to: Bruyn, Marcella van, Dame, O.S.B.