Category: Daily Lewis

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (1/1) in 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother, Warnie.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.”

Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote (four words):
“Reality, in fact, is always something _____ _____ ______ ______ . That’s one of the reasons I believe Christianity.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 31st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Letter to the Editor, “Version Vernacular” published today (12/31) in 1958 in The Christian Century.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven. ”

Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When Lewis was 20 something special happen to him this month. What was it?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On December 29, 1944 the essay “Private Bates” was published in The Spectator. Now available in Present Concerns.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We must get rid of our arrogant assumption that it is the masses who can be led by the nose. As far as I can make out, the shoe is on the other foot. The only people who are really the dupes of their favourite newspapers are the intelligentsia. It is they who read leading articles: the poor read the sporting news, which is mostly true.”

Private Bates
(Published in The Spectator on 12/29/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How long did it take Lewis to write the first five published Narnia books?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VIII” was published today (12/29) in 1944 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“”Great works’ (of art) and ‘good works’ (of charity) had better also be Good Work. Let choirs sing well or not at all.”

Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“There is no neutral ground in the universe: every square inch, every split second is claimed by God ______ ______ ______ ______ . ”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“On the Atomic Bomb (Metrical Experiment)” by Lewis was a poem printed today (12/28) in 1945 in The Spectator.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In a rational world, things would be made because they were wanted; in the actual world, wants have to be created in order that people may receive money for making the things.”

Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name an essay/article that Lewis wrote with the word “Christmas” in it.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (12/27) in 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the AM after being demobilized on the 24th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII
(Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When this month (in what year) did Lewis write what essay that was related to one of his fictional works?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”

Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The Silver Chair was the fourth published Narnia story, but in order of the chronologies of the plots it falls where?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Beyond the Bright Blur was a limited edition title published today (12/25) in 1963 that contained chapters 15-17 of Letters to Malcolm.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[God] must constantly work as the iconoclast. Every idea of Him we form, He must in mercy shatter. The most blessed result of prayer would be to rise thinking ‘But I never knew before, I never dreamed . . .'”

Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 15 of Letters to Malcolm)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (five words):
“There are a dozen views about everything ______ ______ _____ _______ _______ . Then there’s never more than one.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (12/24) in 1918 Lewis was demobilized from the army after being discharged from the hospital.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The degraded commercialism of our minds is quite as much its result as its cause.”

Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

On Christmas Eve in 1956 readers of The Times learn what surprising thing about Lewis?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Good Work and Good Works” by Lewis was published in the Christmas 1959 issue of Good Work (formerly Catholic Art Quarterly).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The apostle says every one must not only work but work to produce what is ‘good.'”

Good Work and Good Works
(Published in Good Work in Christmas, 1959 issue)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What helpful thing does Lord Bern do and in which Narnia book does he do it?
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