FACT OF THE DAY: This month (on the 7th) in 1945 Lewis wrote a letter to Mr. McClain turning down an offer for a speaking tour in America. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Friendship is unnecessary…it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” The …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/9
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Is it not equally reasonable to look outside Nature for the real Originator of the natural order?” Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer? (First published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/2
FACT OF THE DAY: The (often misunderstood) debate between Lewis and Anscombe happen on this date (2/2) in 1948. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 21st
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Sermon and the Lunch” was first published on this date in 1945 in Church of England Newspaper. It’s now in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say (and almost with pride) that they live only for love come, at last, to live in incessant resentment.”
The Sermon and the Lunch
(Published 9/21/1945 in Church of England Newspaper)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Of all bad men ______ _____ _____ are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 2nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Condemned” is a poem first published as “Under Sentence” on September 7, 1945 in The Spectator.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If nothing, or nothing we recognise comes through, we imagine [God] has let us down and reject Him, perhaps at the very moment when help was on its way.. . .”
Letter to Mrs. Lockley on 9/2/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How old was Lewis when his first book was published and what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s parents, Albert and Florence (Flora) were married at St. Mark’s Church on this day (8/29) in 1894.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Do you place yourself in the obedience,’ said the Director, ‘in obedience to Maleldil?’
‘Sir,’ said Jane, ‘I know nothing of Maleldil. But I place myself in obedience to you.’
‘It is enough for the present,’ said the Director.
‘This is the courtesy of Deep Heaven: that when you mean well, He always takes you to have meant better than you knew.’
That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What final book from a fictional series was published this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s father, Albert, was notorious for not liking his routine changed; this quality negatively affected his relationship with his sons.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us.”
That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What happen in this month in 1908 that had a major impact on Lewis’s life?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
While today (8/23) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.”
That Hideous Strength
(Published in 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two articles came out in Time and Tide this month in the 1940’s. Can you name either?
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