FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (Sept. 22) in 1944 “The Death of Words” was published in The Spectator. It was republished in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most important sense of a word is not always the most useful. What is the good of deepening a word’s connotation if …
Month: September 2016
CSL Daily 9/21
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sermon and the Lunch” was first published on this date (Sept. 21) in 1945 in Church of England Newspaper. It’s now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say (and almost with pride) that …
CSL Daily 9/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for Lewis began on this day (Sept. 20) in 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things . …
CSL Daily 9/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today (Sept. 19) in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.” …
CSL Daily 9/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.” English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Published 9/16/1954)
CSL Daily 9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date (Sept. 18) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy …
CSL Daily 9/16
FACT OF THE DAY: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published today (Sept. 16) in 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that …
CSL Daily 9/15
FACT OF THE DAY: The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today (Sept. 15) in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But …
CSL Daily 9/14
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published today (Sept. 14) in 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.” “God in …
CSL Daily 9/13
FACT OF THE DAY: In the U.S. The Weight of Glory was published on this (Sept. 13) day in 1949. It was called Transposition in the U.K. and later updated in 1980. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions …