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Peter Geist writes from Matinicus Island, Maine and Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a professor of industrial design at Washington University in Saint Louis and designed books and corporate logos. Merton contacts him to design a books of pictures about Geth
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Series 3 #1.
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undated/no/no (#01) |
HLS by James, Bruno Scott |
This is quite fascinating but for heaven's sake do not let it be published …. It is the unconscious |
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[incomplete letter from Bruno S. James, addressing Merton in the third person, and discussing an unnamed Merton book - it is possible it discusses The Sign of Jonas and was mixed into the pages Merton sends Geist in this file - James was positive of the book in his book review but expresses reservations in this letter]
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Series 3 #2.
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undated/no/no (#02) |
other by Merton |
4 .. could have done something more for him than just look at the holy picture and smile, and I was |
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[selections from "The Whale and the Ivy," Part III of The Sign of Jonas, edited versions of Merton's personal journals from December 24, 1946 through August 3, 1947 sent to Peter Geist for possible quotation in Gethsmani: A Life of Praise]
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Series 3 #3.
«All Series« |
undated/no/no (#03) |
other by Merton |
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know |
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[excerpts from Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton sent to Peter Geist for possible quotation in Gethsmani: A Life of Praise]
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