FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the source of this quote:
“Die before you die. There is no chance after.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published today (9/16) in 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an occasional defiance of the rule, resulting in a shock, can give pleasure; a pleasure rich in tragic or comic possibilities. Indeed one of the purposes for which the rule exists is that it may sometimes be broken.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Before Narnia and Mere Christianity Lewis landed on the cover of what magazine?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today (9/15) in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.”
The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’
(Published 9/15/52)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book was dramatized over the radio BEFORE Lewis died?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published today (9/14) in 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.”
“God in the Dock”
(First published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae )
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“No good work is done anywhere without aid from _____ ______ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
In the U.S. The Weight of Glory was published on this (9/13) day in 1949. It was called Transposition in the U.K. and later updated in 1980.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable.”
Learning in War-Time
(Published in The Weight of Glory on 9/13/1949)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book merely dealing with “words” was published this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (9/12) in 1941. The main topic is sexual temptation.
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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 Letters – XX
(First published in The Guardian on 9/12/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What two books with similar titles dealing with fictional works by Lewis and/or articles he wrote about literature were published after his death this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.”
The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s last published fictional work was released today (9/10) in 1956.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Die before you die, there is no chance after.”
Till We Have Faces
(Published 9/10/1956
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Progress means not just changing, but _____ ______ _____ _____.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s Studies in Words is a title that was published today (9/9) in 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
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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 available.”
Studies in Words
(Published 9/9/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which series of broadcasts that only featured Lewis was the only one where he addressed questions from listeners?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published on 9/8/58)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Besides reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
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