Category: Chesterton
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Thomas Merton on Newman and Chesterton
The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Three (1952-1960), p. 374, an excerpt from the entry of 3 February 1960: I have to begin reading Newman, whom without cause I have neglected as though he were, say Chesterton. There is all the difference in the world. At the moment I am much more akin to the…