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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1965/03/13
[Ltrs: CforT p. 223]
Falleció Roberto GuervaraDías móviles First, I will get busy and dig up a "manifesto" for you, as well as the books I promised. You can take anythi..
1966/01/17
[Ltrs: CforT p. 228]
Ernesto CardenalGethsemani, Ky Your piece on Cardenal's Gethsemani was very good. You are right that Cardenal is now this way and now that, d..
1966/01/17
[Ltrs: CforT p. 228]
Rainer Maria RilkeDuino Elegies / translated into English by James Blair Leishman and Stephen Spender Do you read [Rainer Maria] Rilke at all? Does he mean anything to you? I think you would like the Duino Elegie..
1966/01/17
[Ltrs: CforT p. 228]
Rainer Maria RilkeSonnets to Orpheus / translated by J.B.L. Leishman Do you read [Rainer Maria] Rilke at all? Does he mean anything to you? I think you would like the Duino Elegie..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.