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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Bentley, Leilani".
Leilani Bentley, at the time of writing, was composing a freshman English class paper on a comparison between Merton and Dag Hammarskjold on the topic of contemplation and peace. He writes from Mulliken, Michigan.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Bentley in The Road to Joy, p. 345-346.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1967/03/13 |
TLS to Merton |
In my college freshman English class, I'm working on a term paper, comparing you with |
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comparing Merton and Dag Hammarskjold on contemplation and peace / using Seven Storey Mountain / request more information / No Man Is an Island
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1967/03/20 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your nice letter. I will give you what help I can. First of all, I have read |
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read Hammarskjold's Markings "with great interest and sympathy" / "common interest in Meister Eckhart" / Johannes Tauler and John of the Cross / recommends Conjectures, Seeds, New Seeds / Merton's Gandhi - Hammarskjöld and Oriental thought / hasn't read recent biography on Hammarskjöld
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