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Merton explains to Fr. Plassmann that his Trappist lifestyle does not allow him to write a textbook as asked, but that he would send a collection of the poems he had written. He suggests asking Robert Lax to write the book.
Fr. Thomas Plassmann was a Franciscan priest and President of St. Bonaventure College in New York.
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See also one published letter from Merton to Plassmann in The Road to Joy, pp. 294-295.
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1945/07/23 |
TALS[c] from Merton |
It was indeed a pleasure to get your letter, and to hear from St Bonaventure where I spent such |
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