Category: Daily Lewis

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Equality” is a shorter work by Lewis published August 27, 1943 in The Spectator.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up – painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends look in the same direction. Lovers look at each other: that is, in opposite directions.”

Equality
(Published in The Spectator on 8/27/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many Narnia books were published for the first time during the month of September?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 27th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The fourth radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today (8/27) in 1941; it was called “What Can We Do About It.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.”

3rd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/27/1941; Then known as What Can We Do About It)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“Very likely, what with enemies, and mountains, and rivers to cross, and losing our way, and next to nothing to eat, and sore feet, we’ll hardly notice the weather.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 26th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s father, Albert, was notorious for not liking his routine changed; this quality negatively affected his relationship with his sons.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us.”

That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What happen in this month in 1908 that had a major impact on Lewis’s life?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 25th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Trouble with ‘X'” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in a certain way.”

3rd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/20/1941; Then known as Materialism or Religion)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many Earth years do the Chronicle of Narnia stories cover?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 24th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s mother, Flora had a short story called “The Princess Rosetta” published in the The Household Journal in 1889.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“God has made it a rule for Himself that He won’t alter people’s character by force. He can and will alter them – but only if the people will let Him.”

The Trouble with ‘X’
(Published in August 1948 of Bristol Diocesan Gazette)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 23rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

While today (8/23) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.”

That Hideous Strength
(Published in 8/16/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Two articles came out in Time and Tide this month in the 1940’s. Can you name either?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 22nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 17th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (8/22) in 1941. It dealt with gluttony in a unique way.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One of the great, achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on [gluttony], so that by now you will hardly find a sermon preached or a conscience troubled about it.”

The Screwtape Letters XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 8/22/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What fictional book was published this month under another name than when published ten years before?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue of Punch.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.”

That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it: “No more Aslan, no more Kings, no more silly stories about other worlds. The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs.”

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

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The third radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today (8/20) in 1941; it was called “Materialism or Religion”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe-no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house.”

3rd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/20/1941; Then known as Materialism or Religion)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 19th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis began recording today (19th) in 1958 the first half of a 10-part radio series about four types of love.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To nearly all ancient men, and to many medieval men, friendship seemed the most valuable and the most completely human of all natural loves. It was for them the crown of life and the school of virtues.”

The Four Loves
(First Recorded for Radio on 8/19 & 8/20/1958)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who wrote the first book about Lewis’ writings after his death and what is the title?
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