FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the annual Commemoration Oration at King’s College today (Dec. 14) in 1944. His topic was “The Inner Ring.” – – – 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)
CSL Daily 12/13
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (Dec. 13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or …
CSL Daily 12/12
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. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 12/11
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. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 12/10
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. – – – 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, …
CSL Daily 12/09
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. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 12/08
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published today (Dec. 8) in 1944 in The Guardian. This eventual became part of The Great Divorce. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I do not look at myself. I have given up myself.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V …
CSL Daily 12/07
FACT OF THE DAY: “Delinquents in the Snow” is an article Lewis wrote that was published today (Dec. 7) in 1957 in Time and Tide. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Not all kinds of peace are compatible with all kinds of goodwill, nor do all those …
CSL Daily 12/06
FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 4, 1962 an informal conversation between Lewis, Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss was recorded and later published as “Unreal Estates.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A book’s no good to me until I’ve read it two or three times.” Unreal Estates (First recorded on 12/4/62 and later …
CSL Daily 12/05
FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the …