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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Charles, Fr.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1965/07/15 TLSfrom MertonYou may certainly keep the carbon of Chuang Tzu for a while, I have no urgent need for it.  will send copy of <i>The Way of Chuang Tzu</i> to John Wu / sending letter to Fr. Charles and Fr. Paul - open letter to bishops to be printed in <u>Commonweal</u> - does not feel it needs to go to censors / article on existentialism for <u>The Critic</u> / on card sent of De la Fresnaye
 1965/09/18 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your good letter of the 14th. About "The Council and Monasticism", having appeared in  "The Council and Monasticism" - removal of parts objectionable to Dom Samson - sent to <u>Blackfriars</u> / T. S. Eliot's <i>Murder in the Cathedral</i> and Thomas à Becket - can one seek martyrdom? / is Merton required to turn away from the world and a Trappist or is this irresponsible? / hermit life
        

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