Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Best, James S." file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/July/31 

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  to Marks, Lillian from "Best, James S."-->

# of pages:  1

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First Lines:  "I am sending your letter, with considerable distress, on to Thomas Merton. The distress I feel is"

Contents:  apology by Best to Marks concerning the decision to include Merton's remarks / clarifies that Merton was using terms "conjured up in the minds of those who fail and look for scapegoats" and not an expression of his own sentiments / feels Merton's words were insensitive and likely to be misconstrued, even given the context

Language:  English

Source or donor:  

Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Best, James S.:"    1967/July/31