| Date [Source / Page] | Author Quoted | Title Quoted | Quotation by Merton
[link to full quote] |
1955/10/24
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 19]
| Denis Grivot | Autun |
How did you like Zodiaque and the book on Autun? The monks who did those books are thinking of publishing some..
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1955/11/26
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 25]
| Bruno Snell | Discovery of the mind: in Greek philosophy and literature |
The Snell book is here and I have begun it. I can see its great importance, and therefore i ask you to bear wi..
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1955/12/17
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 27]
| Adolph Konrad Fiedler | Vom Wesen der Kunst |
And now, thank you so much for the Fiedler. It is intensely interesting and thougth provoking. As I had suspec..
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1956/02/05
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 29]
| Bernard Craplet | Auvergne Roman |
The Benedictines, whose magazines I gave you, have come out with a wonderful volume on Romanesque Art in Auver..
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1956/02/05
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 29]
| Bruno Snell | Discovery of the mind: in Greek philosophy and literature |
I finally have a chance to write you and tell you that I am sending the Snell book back - long after I had pro..
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1956/07/19
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 32]
| Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki | Manual of Zen Buddhism / Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki |
Today I am mailing ack to the Kentucky university library the most interesting "Manual of Zen" by Suzuki. I am..
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1958/03/27
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 44]
| Piero Bargellini | Unquiet Conscience / Translated from Latin by Thomas Merton |
I enjoyed the Italian piece [note 34: The Unquiet Conscience by Piero Bargellini, later translated by Thomas M..
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1959/05/14
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 69]
| Constantine Cavarnos | Anchored in God: Life, Art, and Thought on the Holy Mountain of Athos |
I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book [Note 59: Conastantine Cavarnos, Anchored in God..
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1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 4]
| Marco Pallis | Peaks and Lamas |
The first thing to be said, of course, is that Hagia Sophia is God Himself. God is not only a Father but a Mot..
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1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 5]
| Marco Pallis | Peaks and Lamas |
I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book has been very fin"”and the Hesiod. When you have..
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1959/05/14
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 69]
| Marco Pallis | Peaks and Lamas |
I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book [Note 59: Conastantine Cavarnos, Anchored in God..
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1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 5]
| Sergei Nikolaevitch Bulgakov | Wisdom of God: a Brief Summery of Sophiology |
Thank you for the photostats from the [Catholic] Encyclopedia [on Wisdom]. I looked them over, and they just b..
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1960/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 115]
| Mahatma Gandhi | Non-violence in Peace and War |
To Carolyn: many thanks for the Gandhi [Note 96: Mahatma Gandhi, Non-Violence in Peace and War, from which mrt..
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1961/06/21
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 140]
| William L. Shirer | Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany |
I do not have any book on Nicholas of Cusa or about his work. Carolyn never brought or sent any. Perhaps thoug..
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1962/06/26
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 159]
| Cassiodorus | De Anima |
Now I have a little idea for something to print. It is a beatiful prayer of Cassiodorus at the end of his De A..
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1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 173]
| Iris Origo | Leopardi: A Study in Solitude |
I am enjoying the Leopardi [note 153: Iris Origo, Leopardi: A Study of Solitude (London: Oxford University Pre..
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1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 172-73]
| Victor Hammer | Concern for the Art of Civilized Man |
About your book, I wanted to say how excellent it is [note 151: Victor Hammer, Concern for the Art of Civilize..
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1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 73]
| Victor Hammer | Concern for the Art of Civilized Man |
I am enjoying the Leopardi book in the hospital and will look forward to doing the translations. All best wish..
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1963/10/03
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 181]
| Edgar Wind | Art and Anarchy: The Reith Lectures |
Yesterday I finished Art and Anarchy and am returning it. - really an exceptionally good book. All the essays ..
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1965/06/23
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 12]
| Eric Gill | Clothes: An Essay upon the Nature and Significance of the Natural and Artificial Integuments Worn by Men and Women |
I have very much enjoyed The Tao of Painting, which I will send back soon. Duveen is priceless. But I am afrai..
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1965/06/23
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 12]
| Mai-Mai Sze | Tao of Painting |
I have very much enjoyed The Tao of Painting, which I will send back soon. Duveen is priceless. But I am afrai..
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1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
| Rainer Maria Rilke | Duino Elegies / translated into English by James Blair Leishman and Stephen Spender |
As to Rilke - I know what you mean. He is a fine poet but I have grave reservations about him too. As prophet ..
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1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
| Rainer Maria Rilke | Sonnets to Orpheus / translated by J.B.L. Leishman |
As to Rilke - I know what you mean. He is a fine poet but I have grave reservations about him too. As prophet ..
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1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
| Victor Hammer | Fragments for C.R.H. |
Not only do I like 'Pebbles' [note 198: "Pebbles was the working title that Victor used for a book that was su..
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1967/06/16
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 14]
| Eugen Herrigel | Zen and the Art of Archery |
Father Juenger sent me a nice letter and I must reply sometime. As to the Herrigel book on Zen: actually there..
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1967/06/16
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 251]
| Eugen Herrigel | Zen and the Art of Archery |
F. Juenger sent me a nice letter and I must reply some time. As to the Herrigel book on Zen: actually there ar..
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