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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Ricardi, Kenneth James, 1946-

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

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Biography

Kenneth James Ricardi was a senior at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He asks about books that had influenced Merton. Besides ones that had influenced Merton in his youth that are listed in The Seven Storey Mountain, he mentions that he has more recently been influenced by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Stride Toward Freedom.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/02/29 HLSto MertonI am a senior in a small, Catholic liberal arts college in Massachusetts. I have had enough contact   
 1968/04/10 TL[c]from MertonSorry for the delay in answering your letter. I get so many requests, questions etc that half   
        

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