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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Borton, Cameron, Rev.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968, 1972

Volume: 6 item(s); 6 pg(s)

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Biography

Cameron Borton is writing as Pastor of the North Congregational Church in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

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This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/05/12 TLSto MertonFour years ago, I came upon one your books. Since that time I have read almost everything that you  St. John of the Cross - was he too extreme in life's detachment? What about life's joys?
 1968/05/23 (#01)TALSfrom MertonThanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of the Cross.Yes [underlining by Borton] sending mimeographed article Merton wrote / John of the Cross "speaks from the fullness of fulfillment" - he seems extreme because we do not see what he has gained through was he has given up - not fanatical and did not want extreme exterior asceticism, rather "total interior detachment"
 1968/05/23 (#02)TL[c]from MertonThanks for the confidence you show in me, in presenting your questions about John of the Cross.Yes sending mimeographed article Merton wrote / John of the Cross "speaks from the fullness of fulfillment" - he seems extreme because we do not see what he has gained through was he has given up - not fanatical and did not want extreme exterior asceticism, rather "total interior detachment"
 1972/08/24 TL[c]from Center to Borton, CameronThank you so much for sending us the xeroxed copy of your letter from Thomas Merton. Needless to   
 1972/08/no? TALS[x]to Center from Borton, CameronI am enclosing a xeroxed copy of the one letter I received from Thomas Merton in reply to a personal  sending Xerox of Merton's letter
 1972/09/no? TLSto Center from Borton, CameronThank you for your quick reply to me. I have decided that I want very much for you to have the  sending original of Merton's letter
        

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