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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-158-#12
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1965-07-30, TALS Burns to Merton, 'Your very kind letter of July 17th only increases the sense of guilt I have had for'
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- 1965 July 3 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
Name of creator
(1906-1995)
Biographical history
T. F. Burns was a founding director of the Tablet publishing company. He worked for, and later became chairman of Burns and Oates publishing company. Both the publisher and the publication were produced for a Catholic audience. However, Burns was not afraid to take some controversial views, such as criticizing «Humanae Vitae» after the Second Vatican Council. He writes to Merton from London. (Source: "The History of the Tablet - a summary of '1840-1990 A Commemorative History, The Tablet' by Michael Walsh" from «The Tablet» website [http://www.thetablet.co.uk/history.shtml].)
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First lines: "Your very kind letter of July 17th only increases the sense of guilt I have had for weeks and months"... Contents index: Illtud Evans - speaking to Merton about «Seeds of Destruction» - Burns suggests leaving out "Religion and Race in the U.S." and "Man is a Gorilla with a Gun" for publication in England.
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- English
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to Thomas Merton from: Burns, Thomas Ferrier