FACT OF THE DAY: The Poem “Vowels and Sirens” came out in The Times Literary Supplement Special Autumn Issue in late August, 1952. – – – 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 …
Month: August 2018
CSL Daily 08/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The 18th Screwtape letter first came out on August 29, 1941 in The Guardian before being published in The Screwtape Letters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Reveals:) “The whole philosophy of Hell rests on recognition of the axiom that one thing is not another thing, and, specially, that one self …
CSL Daily 08/29/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s parents, Albert and Florence (Flora) were married at St. Mark’s Church on August 29, 1894. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Do you place yourself in the obedience,’ said the Director, ‘in obedience to Maleldil?’ ‘Sir,’ said Jane, ‘I know nothing of Maleldil. But I place myself in obedience …
CSL Daily 08/28/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Equality” is a shorter work by Lewis published August 27, 1943 in The Spectator. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends …
CSL Daily 08/27/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth radio talk from Lewis‘s first broadcast series was given August 27, 1941; it was called “What Can We Do About It.” In Mere Christianity it is entitled “We Have Cause to be Uneasy.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. …
CSL Daily 08/26/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s father, Albert, was notorious for not liking his routine changed; this quality negatively affected his relationship with his sons. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us.” That …
CSL Daily 08/25/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with ‘X’” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in …
CSL Daily 08/24/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s mother, Flora had a short story called “The Princess Rosetta” published in the The Household Journal in 1889. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God has made it a rule for Himself that He won’t alter people’s character by force. He can and will alter them – but only if the …
CSL Daily 08/23/18
FACT OF THE DAY: While today (Aug. 23rd) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.” That Hideous Strength (Published 8/16/1945) …
CSL Daily 08/22/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The 17th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (Aug. 22) in 1941. It dealt with gluttony in a unique way. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “One of the great, achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on [gluttony], …