Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/29

FACT OF THE DAY: Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, …

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/2

FACT OF THE DAY: The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1913 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960) – – – …

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 29th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“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 on 7/17/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

This month in 1943 Lewis was a guest on what BBC program?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 2nd

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1013 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”

The Four Loves
(U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all the _____ _____ _____ . ”
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Retro: June 5th – 11th

This week’s highlights related to Lewis include: his most famous sermon, a first letter to an eventual longtime friend, winning a scholarship and a book related to his professional specialty.

Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year