FACT OF THE DAY: Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/26
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting this month (April) in 1922. It was released after his death as All My Road Before Me. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 4th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility. ”
The Screwtape Letters XIV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
During Jill’s first meeting with Aslan she wanted to do something, but was afraid to…what was it?
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RETROSPECT: August 1st – 11th
Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.
In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to kick-off the first of four scheduled talks about “Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe.” The place was the offices of BBC Home Services and the local time was 7:45 p.m. Over the next fifteen minutes he would speak on “Common Decency,” but later this first chapter of book one in Mere Christianity would be called “The Law of Human Nature.”
Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting this month (April) in 1922. It was released after his death as All My Road Before Me.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for.”
Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book was published this month by Lewis was the only one that he had a co-author?
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Fact: August 4, 2013
Today in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford.
Retro: August 1st – 11th
Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.
In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to