| Author Quoted | Iris Origo |
| Title Quoted | Leopardi: A Study in Solitude |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1963/09/20 |
| Imprint | London : Oxford University Press. 1935 |
| Quotation | Iris Origo's life of [Giacomo] Leopardi [Leopardi: A Study in Solitude, 1935] was a fascinating discovery (not new!). Leopardi is one of the few Romantics I really like. Victor Hammer wants me to translate a few of his poems. |
| Quotation Source | Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 17-18 |
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