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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 10th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Yesterday (5/9) in 1941 the second Screwtape Letter premiered in The Guardian before being available in the famous book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure water from beyond the world. Those who mistake Nature for the All are just those who can never realise her as a particular creature with her own flamed, terrible, beautiful individuality.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/10/1945
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What article by Lewis that had “self” in the title was published some year this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

One this date (5/5) in 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes.”

The Screwtape Letters I
(Published in The Guardian on 5/2/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who did the illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia series?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 1st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first of The Screwtape Letters debuted this month (May 2nd) in 1941 when it appeared in The Guardian (a weekly newspaper).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”

Letter to Father Peter Bide on 4/29/1959
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the first of the Pevensie children to visit Narnia?
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RETROSPECT: April 11th – 19th

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The following is part of a series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the noted period and may include significant events related to him after his death.

Highlights for the second third of April (11th – 19th) include: Publication of third BBC series; Publication of second book from BBC Talks; four posthumous books and the final installment about a bus ride to heaven.

Christian Behaviour: A Further series of Broadcast Talks tops the list of happenings over the years in the life of Lewis. It was first published on the 19th in 1943 in the U.K. (and nine months later in the U.S.). As you may be aware, it was just the second book printed of three that eventually became part of Mere Christianity. What gets confusing to some is that when you examine the book from 1952 Christian Behavior is stated as being “Book III.”

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 9th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (4/9) in 1941 Lewis gave his first Royal Air Force (RAF) talk at RAF Abingdon, Berkshire, England.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those who stand outside all judgements of value cannot have any ground for preferring one of their own impulses to another except the emotional strength of that impulse.”

The Abolition of Man
(Published 4/8/1947 as the first U.S. edition)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“For change is not progress unless ______ _____ _____ _____ …wherever there is real progress in knowledge, there is some knowledge that is not superseded.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 7th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

In 1941 on this day (2/7) “Evil and God” was published in The Spectator. In 1944 “Bulverism” was a talk Lewis gave at the Socratic Club.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If evil has the same kind of reality as good, the same autonomy and completeness, our allegiance to good becomes the arbitrarily chosen loyalty of a partisan.”

Evil and God
(Published in The Spectator on 2/7/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What short story by Lewis was published this month in what publication?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 10th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Back in 1941 today’s issue (1/10) of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.”

Meditation on the Third Commandment
(Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What fictional title by Lewis was published on what date this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The final letter from Screwtape (31st) was printed today (11/28) in 1941 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape bemoans the patient’s fate:]
“He got through so easily! No gradual misgivings, no doctor’s sentence, no nursing home, no operating theatre, no false hopes of life; sheer, instantaneous liberation.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXXI
(First published in The Guardian on 11/28/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the First Joke (cause of the first laughter) after Narnia was created?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Screwtape Letters – XXX was released today (11/21) in 1941 in The Guardian. It was the next to last one.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[A Warning to Wormwood]: “You will soon find that the justice of Hell is purely realistic, and concerned only with results. Bring us back food, or be food yourself.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXX
(First published in The Guardian on 11/21/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What essay was published this month in what year (and what was the title) that talked about some of how Lewis came to write the Narnia stories?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 14th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Screwtape Letters – XXIX: Cowardice was released today (11/14) in 1941 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Our research department has not yet discovered (though success is hourly expected) how to produce any virtue. This is a serious handicap. To be greatly and effectively wicked a man needs some virtue.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXIX
(First published in The Guardian on 11/14/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What Narnia book was published for the first time in the US this month?
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