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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1955/10/24
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 19]
Denis GrivotAutun How did you like Zodiaque and the book on Autun? The monks who did those books are thinking of publishing some..
1955/11/26
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 25]
Bruno SnellDiscovery of the mind: in Greek philosophy and literature The Snell book is here and I have begun it. I can see its great importance, and therefore i ask you to bear wi..
1955/12/17
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 27]
Adolph Konrad FiedlerVom Wesen der Kunst And now, thank you so much for the Fiedler. It is intensely interesting and thougth provoking. As I had suspec..
1956/02/05
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 29]
Bernard CrapletAuvergne Roman The Benedictines, whose magazines I gave you, have come out with a wonderful volume on Romanesque Art in Auver..
1956/02/05
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 29]
Bruno SnellDiscovery of the mind: in Greek philosophy and literature I finally have a chance to write you and tell you that I am sending the Snell book back - long after I had pro..
1956/07/19
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 32]
Daisetz Teitaro SuzukiManual of Zen Buddhism / Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki Today I am mailing ack to the Kentucky university library the most interesting "Manual of Zen" by Suzuki. I am..
1958/03/27
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 44]
Piero BargelliniUnquiet Conscience / Translated from Latin by Thomas Merton I enjoyed the Italian piece [note 34: The Unquiet Conscience by Piero Bargellini, later translated by Thomas M..
1959/05/14
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 69]
Constantine CavarnosAnchored in God: Life, Art, and Thought on the Holy Mountain of Athos I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book [Note 59: Conastantine Cavarnos, Anchored in God..
1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 4]
Marco PallisPeaks and Lamas The first thing to be said, of course, is that Hagia Sophia is God Himself. God is not only a Father but a Mot..
1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 5]
Marco PallisPeaks and Lamas I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book has been very fin"”and the Hesiod. When you have..
1959/05/14
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 69]
Marco PallisPeaks and Lamas I am really enjoying Peaks and Lamas, and also the Athos book [Note 59: Conastantine Cavarnos, Anchored in God..
1959/05/14
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 5]
Sergei Nikolaevitch BulgakovWisdom of God: a Brief Summery of Sophiology Thank you for the photostats from the [Catholic] Encyclopedia [on Wisdom]. I looked them over, and they just b..
1960/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 115]
Mahatma GandhiNon-violence in Peace and War To Carolyn: many thanks for the Gandhi [Note 96: Mahatma Gandhi, Non-Violence in Peace and War, from which mrt..
1961/06/21
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 140]
William L. ShirerRise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany I do not have any book on Nicholas of Cusa or about his work. Carolyn never brought or sent any. Perhaps thoug..
1962/06/26
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 159]
CassiodorusDe Anima Now I have a little idea for something to print. It is a beatiful prayer of Cassiodorus at the end of his De A..
1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 173]
Iris OrigoLeopardi: A Study in Solitude I am enjoying the Leopardi [note 153: Iris Origo, Leopardi: A Study of Solitude (London: Oxford University Pre..
1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 172-73]
Victor HammerConcern for the Art of Civilized Man About your book, I wanted to say how excellent it is [note 151: Victor Hammer, Concern for the Art of Civilize..
1963/09/15
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 73]
Victor HammerConcern for the Art of Civilized Man I am enjoying the Leopardi book in the hospital and will look forward to doing the translations. All best wish..
1963/10/03
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 181]
Edgar WindArt and Anarchy: The Reith Lectures Yesterday I finished Art and Anarchy and am returning it. - really an exceptionally good book. All the essays ..
1965/06/23
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 12]
Eric GillClothes: An Essay upon the Nature and Significance of the Natural and Artificial Integuments Worn by Men and Women I have very much enjoyed The Tao of Painting, which I will send back soon. Duveen is priceless. But I am afrai..
1965/06/23
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 12]
Mai-Mai SzeTao of Painting I have very much enjoyed The Tao of Painting, which I will send back soon. Duveen is priceless. But I am afrai..
1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
Rainer Maria RilkeDuino Elegies / translated into English by James Blair Leishman and Stephen Spender As to Rilke - I know what you mean. He is a fine poet but I have grave reservations about him too. As prophet ..
1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
Rainer Maria RilkeSonnets to Orpheus / translated by J.B.L. Leishman As to Rilke - I know what you mean. He is a fine poet but I have grave reservations about him too. As prophet ..
1966/02/13
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 226]
Victor HammerFragments for C.R.H. Not only do I like 'Pebbles' [note 198: "Pebbles was the working title that Victor used for a book that was su..
1967/06/16
[Ltrs: WtoF p. 14]
Eugen HerrigelZen and the Art of Archery Father Juenger sent me a nice letter and I must reply sometime. As to the Herrigel book on Zen: actually there..
1967/06/16
[Ltrs: Hammer p. 251]
Eugen HerrigelZen and the Art of Archery F. Juenger sent me a nice letter and I must reply some time. As to the Herrigel book on Zen: actually there ar..

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.