FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College today (12/14) in 1944. His topic was “The Inner Ring.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.”
The Inner Ring
(Talk given on 12/14/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book was first published this month after Lewis’s death that dealt with topics from his professional career?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (12/13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or treatise. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.We must be taught that this tent is not home.”
The Vision of John Bunyan
(Published in The Listener on 12/13/1962)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the first academic title Lewis had published?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Peace Proposals for Brother Every and Mr Bethell” is an article in the December, 1940 issue of Theology. Reprinted in Christian Reflections.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We must be taught that this tent is not home.”
Letter to Warfield M. Firor
(from Collected Letters, Volume 2 on 12/5/1949)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What was the eventual title of the Narnia book that Lewis suggested “The Desert Road to Narnia”?
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Just when Jill, Eustace and Puddleglum think there is no place lower than Underland they find out how wrong they were.
In The Silver Chair our friends become trapped while trying to rescue the lost prince. They find Gnomes, or Earthmen who are under the spell of the Lady of the Green Kirtle. She rules Underland and is planning to use Prince Rilian as a slave-king to take over Narnia.
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Scraps” is a group of brief thoughts by Lewis that was published in the December, 1945 issue of St James’ Magazine.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.”
Foreword to Joy Davidman’s Smoke on the Mountain
(Quoted in A Mind Awake, published 12/3/69 in US)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man’s mind is open on these things, let his mouth ____ _____ _____ ______.”
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Highlights for the second third of December (11th – 20th) include: A follow-up piece to The Screwtape Letters, a warning about seeking to be a part of “the inner ring” and the printed version of Lewis’s final radio broadcast.
Lewis received many requests to write more material found in The Screwtape Letters but he always refused. It was almost twenty years between the time he wrote his first letter to Wormwood and something new from Screwtape would appear. However, on the 19th in 1959 readers of The Saturday Evening Post discovered the senior demon had more to say. “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” has the esteemed devil giving a speech “at the annual dinner of the Tempters’ Training College for young Devils.” After commenting on the poor quality of
FACT OF THE DAY:
On December 1, 1956 Lewis had “Behind the Scenes” published in Time and Tide. It is reprinted in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If it is true that all our enjoyment of the images, without remainder, can be explained in terms of infantile sexuality, then, I confess, our literary judgements are in ruins. But I do not believe it is true.”
Psycho-Analysis and Literary Criticism
(Published in Selected Literary Essays; released on 12/4/1969)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book did Lewis edit that came out this month that was related to one of his friends?
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Here’s an EXCLUSIVE interview recorded 12/8/13 with one of the screenwriters, Darren Jacobs and the Executive Producer, Chris Dodge from the movie project in development called JACK & TOLLERS. Learn about how this is similar, but different from The Lion Awakes project that Darren was involved in why, J.R.R. Tolkien plays a bigger part, the purpose of Indiegogo fundraiser for the teaser trailer and more.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“After Priggery – What?” is an essay by Lewis first published on December 7, 1945 in The Spectator. Available now in Present Concerns.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because he is wicked—with the all but inevitable implication that you are less wicked (at least in some respect)—is dangerous and disgusting.”
After Priggery – What?
(Published in The Spectator on 12/7/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When you read The Chronicles of Narnia in their published order what object first mentioned in LWW (The Lion…) is not fully explained (i.e., it’s origin) until The Magician’s Nephew?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published today (12/8) in 1944 in The Guardian. This eventual became part of The Great Divorce.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I do not look at myself. I have given up myself.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V
(Published in The Guardian on 12/8/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
(Name the source of this Lewis quote):
“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”
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