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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1962/01/18
[Ltrs: HGL p. 204]
W.H. [Ping] FerryDisarm and Parley, a Case for Unilateral Disarmament I had not seen before the thing of yours which we are printing, the one on Disarm and Parley. This is very fin..
1962/07/13
[Ltrs: HGL p. 212]
Jules RomainsMen of Good Will "¦ By the way, talking of books: Jules Romains. I don't care what he thinks about the Church. It is just that ..
1963/01/12
[Ltrs: HGL p. 213-14]
Rachel CarsonSilent spring / by Rachel Carson ; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling I am just reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Have you read it? You must. It is very enlightening, because ..
1963/06/12
[Ltrs: HGL p. 214]
Frederick Crossfield HappoldMysticism: A Study and an Anthology Thanks for the letter and the packets of things. I was especially glad of the little Pelican on Mysticism [by ..
1964/07/01
[Ltrs: HGL p. 218]
Michael SerafianPilgrim: Pope Paul VI, & the Church in Time of Decision / pseudonym of Malachi Martin One book you must read if you have not already is The Pilgrim by Serafian, about Pope Paul and the Council. Th..
1964/07/01
[Ltrs: HGL p. 218]
Rolf HochhuthDeputy / Translation from the German Der Stellvertreter One book you must read if you have not already is The Pilgrim by Serafian, about Pope Paul and the Council. Th..
1965/04/30
[Ltrs: HGL p. 221]
Flannnery O'ConnorEverything That Rises Must Converge Having just finished Flannery O'Connor's new book [Everything That Rises Must Converge], I can easily believe ..
1966/10/04
[Ltrs: HGL p. 229]
Edwin MuirAutobiography Here is uncorrected bit on Muir, thought you would like it. His literary essays are very fine and as a poet I ..
1967/09/24
[Ltrs: HGL p. 234]
David JonesAnathemata The David Jones Agenda is a real event and revelation. As I told you, I did not know him at all. This has me f..
1967/09/26
[Ltrs: HGL p. 235]
David JonesAnathemata The books arrived yesterday. It is sheer joy to get back into Finnegans Wake again after all these years. The ..
1967/09/26
[Ltrs: HGL p. 235]
James JoyceFinnigans Wake The books arrived yesterday. It is sheer joy to get back into Finnegans Wake again after all these years. The ..

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.