FACT OF THE DAY: Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (Dec. 31) in 1958 in The Christian Century. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I was a youngster, all the progressive people were saying, ‘Why all this prudery? Let us treat sex just as we treat all our other impulses.’ I …
Month: December 2016
CSL Daily 12/30
FACT OF THE DAY: On December 29, 1944 the essay “Private Bates” was published in The Spectator. Now available in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must get rid of our arrogant assumption that it is the masses who can be led by the nose. As far as I can make …
CSL Daily 12/29
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VIII” was published today (Dec. 29) in 1944 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “”Great works’ (of art) and ‘good works’ (of charity) had better also be Good Work. Let choirs sing well or not at all.” Good Work and …
CSL Daily 12/28
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Atomic Bomb (Metrical Experiment)” by Lewis was a poem printed today (Dec. 28) in 1945 in The Spectator. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In a rational world, things would be made because they were wanted; in the actual world, wants have to be created in order that …
CSL Daily 12/27
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (Dec. 27) in 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the AM after being demobilized on the 24th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII (Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)
CSL Daily 12/26
FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on Dec. 3, 1947; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be …
CSL Daily 12/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (Dec. 25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed …
CSL Daily 12/24
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (Dec. 24) in 1918 Lewis was demobilized from the army after being discharged from the hospital. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The degraded commercialism of our minds is quite as much its result as its cause.” Good Work and Good Works (Published in Good Work in Christmas, …
CSL Daily 12/23
FACT OF THE DAY: “Good Work and Good Works” by Lewis was published in the Christmas 1959 issue of Good Work (formerly Catholic Art Quarterly). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The apostle says every one must not only work but work to produce what is ‘good.’” Good Work and Good Works (Published in …
CSL Daily 12/22
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII” was published today (Dec. 22) in 1944 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I will bring you to the land not of questions but of answers, and you shall see the face of God.” Who Goes Home? or The …