Category: Daily Lewis

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Narrative Poems was released today (10/27) in 1969. It included the entire contents of Dymer, Lewis’s second poetry book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We want in fact not so much a father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven – a senile benevolence who as they say ‘liked to see young people enjoying themselves.'”

The Problem of Pain
(Published 10/18/1940)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

This order for the Narnian books is surely one of the most common in the world: 1) HHB, 2) LB, 3) LWW, 4) MN, 5) PC, 6) SC and 7)VDT. Despite being so common perhaps no one has ever actually read them in this order. Can you guess why that order is so common? (submitted by Stanley Anderson)

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:It is the order one would find them on the shelves of any public library – ie, in alphabetical order by title (with any preceding “The” moved to the end of the title, of course)

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems that was released on this date (10/26) in 1964.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”

Forgiveness
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to _____ _____ _____ .”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: On October 22, 1939 Lewis preached “None Other Gods: Culture in War Time.” This first sermon was later published as “Learning in War-Time” and is found in The Weight of Glory.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.”

The Great Sin
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Earlier this month Lewis preached his first sermon…what was the title and when was it?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:In October, 1935 The Pilgrim’s Regress (second edition) was published.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The 26th Screwtape Letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. Its subtitle was “The Generous Conflict Illusion.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Courtship is the time for sowing those seeds which will grow up ten years later into domestic hatred.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXVI – The Generous Conflict Illusion
(First published in The Guardian on 10/24/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What fictional work came out as a second edition during the month of October?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:The boy in The Magician’s Nephew who is the adult professor (Kirke) in LWW.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The sixth and final radio drama of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe aired on the BBC today (10/23) in 1959.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“God makes no appetite in vain.”

Learning in War-Time
(Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who is Digory?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: “those who do it.'” from Williams and the Arthuriad in Arthurian Torso

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 22nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis preached his first sermon today (10/22) in 1939. We know it as “Learning in War-Time” (Then it was “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.”

Learning in War-Time
(Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“An old saint being asked whether it is easy or hard to love God replied: ‘It is easy to _____ ______ _____ ____.'”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: The Great Knock

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 21st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY: Today (10/21) in 1948 Arthurian Torso was published. It contains commentary by Lewis on Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, …

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (10/20) in 1949 the last reported Thursday Inklings meeting occurred according to Lewis’s brother’s diary.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most, or else just silly.”

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Published 10/16/1950)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the order the Narnia books were first published?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:”…not being correctly seen…” (from A Preface to Paradise Lost)

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

A new edition of Dymer, Lewis’s last poetry book was published today (10/19) in 1950. It included a new preface.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. But it throws off what may be called systems of imagery.”

Preface to Dymer (1950 Edition)
(Published 10/19/1950)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the order the Narnia books were first published?