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Date(s)
- 1968 October 9 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
Name of creator
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: "I borrowed Mother Myriam's Olivetti to write out my paper for Darjeeling (they wanted it written out"... Contents index: [writing from Redwoods Monastery in Whitethorn, California] advantages of the solitude of Alaska over the development on the California coast / will return to Gethsemani but does not see future there / Asian trip agenda / on Dom James Fox finally thinking Merton "mature" - "Maybe that was the result of the episode in 1966".
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Languages of the material
- engleză
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School of Charity