CSL Daily 09/12/18

FACT OF THE DAY: The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian on September 12, 1941. The main topic is sexual temptation. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Boasts:] “Our best weapon—the belief of ignorant humans, that there is no hope of getting rid of us except by yielding [to temptation].” The Screwtape …

CSL Daily 09/11/18

FACT OF THE DAY: “Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide. It’s best available now in the Present Concerns collection of essays. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Aravis] “The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, …

CSL Daily 09/09/18

FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’ Studies in Words is a title that was published on September 9, 1960 by Cambridge University Press. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any other medium is …

CSL Daily 09/05/18

FACT OF THE DAY: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was released on September 5, 1966. All the stories are also in The Dark Tower. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No man would find an abiding strangeness on the Moon unless he were the sort of man who could find it …

CSL Daily 09/04/18

FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ …

CSL Daily 09/03/18

FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published September 3, 1960 in Time and Tide as “Haggard Rides Again.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can …