Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
undated/no-month/no-day (#25)

Series:  7  Correspondence between Dom James Fox and Merton: Special Binding (Archive - Stack 5).

Type:  HNS - Holograph (handwritten) signed note. Note used for very brief mailed correspondence or intramural message.

To/From:  from Merton to "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987"-->

# of pages:  2

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First Lines:  "It is perhaps silly for me to write you this note, but of course you will understand it. I feel"

Contents:  Merton assumes Fox angry at Godfrey Diekmann letter (see "Diekmann, Godfrey Leo" file) / Fox's aggression to Merton in chapter / Fox assumes vanity in Merton's success as a writer / "born a writer" - if Merton can't write he "might as well die" - will continue to write in solitude, but not as present pace / Edelin's valley

Language:  English

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Unique identifier:  Section A- "Fox, James, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1896-1987:" Series 7:    undated/no-month/no-day (#25)