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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1938/08/11
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 142-43]
 Bhagavad Gita Truthfully I have an enormous obscure subtle thesis that Blake is all full of Indian and Chinese theories of a..
1938/08/11
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 144]
James JoycePortrait of the Artist as a Young Man I have read Portrait of the Artist which is certainly a remarkable fine book, and the best thing I have read i..
1938/08/11
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 144]
James JoyceUlysses I have read Portrait of the Artist which is certainly a remarkable fine book, and the best thing I have read i..
1939/08/21
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 147]
Valery LarbaudAmants Heureux Amants I found this French guy Valery Larbaud to be some good guy too. I just got his novel, Amants Heureux Amants, i..
1939/10/00
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 151]
Thomas AquinasDe Ente et Essentia One of the most extraordinarily difficult things I have ever tried to do is understand St. Thomas' De Ente et ..
1942/11/21
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 166]
Teresa of AvilaAutobiography All these things I read in St. Augustine: the Commentary on the Psalms, the Book on the Sermons on the Mount, ..
1947/05/00
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 170]
Jan RuusbroecOeuvres de Ruysbroeck l'admirable / Jan van Ruusbroec ; trad. du flamand par les Benedictins de Saint-Paul de Wisques par Ernest Hello The autobiography [The Seven Storey Mountain] comes along slow. Haven't seen page proofs. Bob Giroux must be v..
1947/05/00
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 170]
Saint John of the Crosscomplete works of Saint John of the Cross, doctor of the church / Saint John of the Cross ; transl. from the critical edition of P. Silverio de Santa Teresa, and ed. by E. Allison Peers The autobiography [The Seven Storey Mountain] comes along slow. Haven't seen page proofs. Bob Giroux must be v..
1947/05/00
[Ltrs: RtoJ p. 170]
T.S. EliotFour Quartets The autobiography [The Seven Storey Mountain] comes along slow. Haven't seen page proofs. Bob Giroux must be v..

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.