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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1959/05/05
[Ltrs: HGL p. 389]
 I ching : or book of changes / the Richard Wilhelm transl. ; rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes ; foreword by C.G. Jung The other thing that has kept me waiting is the need for time to digest the superb letter of Pasternak. Things..
1959/05/05
[Ltrs: HGL p. 390]
Conrad PeplerEnglish Religious Heritage But the important thing for you at the moment is not Zen or I Ching, so please do not let me distract you from..
1959/05/05
[Ltrs: HGL p. 390]
Louis BouyerNewman: His Life and Spirituality But the important thing for you at the moment is not Zen or I Ching, so please do not let me distract you from..
1960/05/13
[Ltrs: HGL p. 395]
Hannah ArendtHuman Condition I have been reading a fabulous book, The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, the one who wrote such a good one o..
1960/05/13
[Ltrs: HGL p. 395]
Hannah ArendtOrigins of Totalitarianism I have been reading a fabulous book, The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, the one who wrote such a good one o..
1960/09/07
[Ltrs: HGL p. 397]
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinDivine Milieu They (well, a publisher) sent me a book by Teilhard de Chardin to review: The Divine Milieu. It is fairly good..

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.