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To discover all the social implications of the Gospel, not by studying them, but by living them, and to unite myself explicitly with thosewho foresee and work for a social order—a transformation of the world—according to these principles: primacy of the person (hence justice, liberty, against slavery, peace, control of technology, etc.). Primacy of wisdom and love (hence against materialism, hedonism, pragmatism, etc.
Thomas Merton, ‘The Intimate Merton’ journals; June 6, 1960.