“In my waking hours I would never [approve some actions]. But the dreaming mind is regrettably immoral.”
A Dream
(Published 7/28/1944 in The Spectator)
Month: July 2013
Fact: July 28, 2013
The lighthearted essay “A Dream” was first published on this date in The Spectator in 1944. It’s available in Present Concerns.
QuIz: July 28, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The standard of permanent Christianity must be kept clear in our minds and it is against that standard that we must ______ _____ _____ ______ .”
Quiz: July 27, 2013
What is the only essay by Lewis having the word “slaves” in the title that was also first published this month in what year?
Fact: July 27, 2013
The first US edition of The Four Loves was published today in 1960.
Quote: July 27, 2013
“We find thus by experience that there is no good applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no other kind.”
The Four Loves
(U.S. edition published 7/27/1960)
Fact: July 26, 2013
The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released in July, 1967 with three new words/chapters.
Quote: July 26, 2013
[Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually a sin, even if it is something quite trivial.”
The Screwtape Letters – XIII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)
Quiz: July 26, 2013
What animal was Screwtape turn into when he became so angry with Wormwood?
Fact: July 25, 2013
This day in 1941 the 13th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. Wormwood has failed again…second conversion.