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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1958/08/22
[Ltrs: CforT p. 87]
Boris PasternakSafe Conduct: An Autobiography and other Writings I have not yet had the pleasure of reading your recent autobiography although I am familiar with the earlier o..
1958/10/23
[Ltrs: CforT p. 89]
Boris PasternakDoctor Zhivago Since my first letter to you I have obtained and read the book [Dr. Zhivago] published by Pantheon, and it has..
1958/10/23
[Ltrs: CforT p. 90]
Vladimir Sergeyewich SolovyovMeaning of Love Am I right in surmising that the ideas in this book run closely parallel to those in [Vladimir] Soloviev's Mea..
1958/12/15
[Ltrs: CforT p. 93]
Boris PasternakI Remember: Sketch for an Autobiography Kurt W. [Wolff] has sent me the Essai autobiographique [written as the introduction to A Sketch for an Autobio..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.