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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Bentley, Leilani, 1948-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Leilani Bentley, at the time of writing, was composing a freshman English class paper on a comparison between Merton and Dag Hammarskjold on the topic of contemplation and peace. He writes from Mulliken, Michigan.

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Bentley in The Road to Joy, p. 345-346.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/03/13 TLSto MertonIn my college freshman English class, I'm working on a term paper, comparing you with  comparing Merton and Dag Hammarskjold on contemplation and peace / using <i>Seven Storey Mountain</i> / request more information / <i>No Man Is an Island</i>
 1967/03/20 TL[c]from MertonThanks for your nice letter. I will give you what help I can. First of all, I have readYes read Hammarskjold's <i>Markings</i> "with great interest and sympathy" / "common interest in Meister Eckhart" / Johannes Tauler and John of the Cross / recommends <i>Conjectures, Seeds, New Seeds</i> / Merton's <i>Gandhi</i> - Hammarskjöld and Oriental thought / hasn't read recent biography on Hammarskjöld
        

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