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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Brooks, John G.

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1965

Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This file includes one carbon copy of a letter from Merton on the nature of him being a "successful man".

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See also one letter from Merton published in Witness to Freedom, pp. 252-253.

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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1964/03/04 TL[c]from MertonWhen I observe that your letter was written on January 30th and when I see this date on which IYes Merton explains that his "'formula for success' actually has no bearing on success itself" - his success was by accident and he has not been afraid to state view the public may not like
        

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