Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/31

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Poem “Vowels and Sirens” came out in The Times Literary Supplement Special Autumn Issue in late August, 1952.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[After explaining some weaknesses in a child’s stories:] “I hope you don’t mind me telling you all this? One can learn only by seeing one’s mistakes.

Letter to  Joan Lancaster on 8/31/1958
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will…then we may take it it is worth paying.”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:Beyond the Bright Blur (chapters 15-17) was a limited edition published for friends of the author and publisher.