Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/26

FACT OF THE DAY:

The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given today (2/26) in 1943.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”

The Abolition of Man
(First a lecture from 2/26/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: It was the first series where Lewis’s talks were published (they were in The Listener two days after broadcast)