Month: April 2014

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis gave a talk today (4/30) in 1953 at the Socratic Club on “Faith and Evidence.” It was later published as “On Obstinacy in Belief.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, of human emotions. The noble source is the desire for fair play. But the other source is the hatred of superiority.”

Democratic Education
(First published in the Notes on the Way column on 4/29/1944 in Time and Tide)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it _____ _____ _____ about the sins of others.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Found in On Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” was first a talk given on this day (4/29) in 1952.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

On Three Ways of Writing for Children
(Talk given on 4/29/1952)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Something occurred this month that also happen less than a year later for the second time in Lewis’s life: what was it?
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Lewis & Women #3 – The Fictional Women

William OFlaherty All About Jack

This is the third of four shows that explores how C.S. Lewis viewed women. Some think he either hated females, or at least feared them. Even those who know this isn’t true have a hard time explaining why. Dr. Crystal Hurd, who has done a series of blog posts on the topic, is William O’Flaherty’s special guest to explore this topic. Gina Dalfonzo, the editor of Breakpoint.org joins in as guest co-host. This third podcast examines women that Lewis created in his stories. The focus is mostly on Narnia, but Crystal also addresses equality between the sexes.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

There are characters named in Narnia for every letter in the alphabet except for “x.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The more a man was in the Devil’s power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he’s drunk.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the talk that Lewis gave in the early fifties before all the Narnia stories were published where he spoke of different ways of writing for children?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Personal Heresy, published today (4/27) in 1939 is the only book by Lewis with a co-author (Professor E.M.W. Tillyard).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any job. And when one does, it is usually some reason that leaves no room for vanity.”

Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“It is so much easier to _____ _____ _____ _____ than to go and see him.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting this month (April) in 1922. It was released after his death as All My Road Before Me.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for.”

Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book was published this month by Lewis was the only one that he had a co-author?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Grand Miracle,” preached earlier this month in 1945 was printed on the 27th in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If I remember rightly, St. Augustine raised a question about the theological position of satyrs, monopods, and other semi-human creatures. He decided it could wait till we knew there were any.”

Religion and Rocketry
(Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 issue of Christian Herald)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What non-Narnia book was published sometime this month (in what year) that was part of a series?
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C.S. Lewis Blog from HarperCollins

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

A couple of months ago I featured HarperCollins’s site they manage online at CSLewis.com. One of the areas I mentioned was BLOG section that contains a large variety of articles by either Lewis scholars or enthusiasts. This area use to be a standalone site until late last year and has been posting essays for nearly seven years. While it is easy to navigate the site (you can browse by year, author or topic) I wanted to highlight a few older articles that you might not come across too quickly by those methods:

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Perelandra which was released in the UK in April, 1943; was first available in the US a year later or 4/11/44.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. It if means the desire to get ahead of other people—which is what I think it does mean—then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What are the first words Aslan says to Jill in The Silver Chair?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Happy anniversary to Lewis & Joy Davidman (1st time married on April 23, 1956).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All the beauty of nature withers when we try to make it absolute. Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 4/23/1951
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man who _____ _____ _____ can accept no forgiveness.”
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