“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph 7/17/1945)
Fact: July 29, 2013
“Quam Bene Saturno,” Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine.
Quiz: July 29, 2013
Which of the Narnia books is dedicated to a family?
Quote: July 28, 2013
“In my waking hours I would never [approve some actions]. But the dreaming mind is regrettably immoral.”
A Dream
(Published 7/28/1944 in The Spectator)
Fact: July 28, 2013
The lighthearted essay “A Dream” was first published on this date in The Spectator in 1944. It’s available in Present Concerns.
QuIz: July 28, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The standard of permanent Christianity must be kept clear in our minds and it is against that standard that we must ______ _____ _____ ______ .”
Quiz: July 27, 2013
What is the only essay by Lewis having the word “slaves” in the title that was also first published this month in what year?
Fact: July 27, 2013
The first US edition of The Four Loves was published today in 1960.
Quote: July 27, 2013
“We find thus by experience that there is no good applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no other kind.”
The Four Loves
(U.S. edition published 7/27/1960)
Fact: July 26, 2013
The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released in July, 1967 with three new words/chapters.