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The speaker mentioned listening to this autobiography where Merton poignantly discussed the death of his father and argued that without a connection to God, one simply has to endure profound loss like a 'dumb animal.'
God, you know, I was just listening to this wonderful autobiography by Thomas Merton and he's talking about when his father died and he's such a great writer and he's like, you feel it.
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The speaker mentioned listening to this autobiography where Merton poignantly discussed the death of his father and argued that without a connection to God, one simply has to endure profound loss like a 'dumb animal.'
God, you know, I was just listening to this wonderful autobiography by Thomas Merton and he's talking about when his father died and he's such a great writer and he's like, you feel it.
It's just so poignant but he was sort of talking about without some connection to God, you just have to take it. You just have to take it like a dumb animal.