Tag: 1945

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 13th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

23rd & final installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/13) in The Guardian in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Only the Greatest of all can make Himself small enough to enter Hell. For the higher a thing is, the lower it can descend.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXIII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We must attack the enemy’s line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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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 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)

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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: April 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Laws of Nature by Lewis was published today (4/4) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. now found in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The laws of Nature explain everything except the source of events.”

The Laws of Nature
(Published April 4, 1945 in The Coventry Evening Telegraph)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In which book of the Space/Ransom Trilogy is Belbury mentioned and what is it?

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 3rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Christian Apologetics was a talk Lewis gave sometime around Easter 1945 to an Anglican church group; now found in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those who read poetry to improve their minds will never improve their minds by reading poetry.”

Lilies That Fester
(Published April, 1955 in Twentieth Century)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“And this is the marvel of marvels, that [Aslan] called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.”

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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.

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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 Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are ______ ______ ______ ____ .”

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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.

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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 Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Of Lewis’s two books of poetry released before his conversion, which one was re-released during his life?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.”

Mr C. S. Lewis on Christianity
(published in The Listener 3/9/44)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ will turn out to be.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 21st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph.

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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 in 1945, it was reprinted as Two Lectures in God in the Dock)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book did Tolkien try to help Lewis get publish sometime this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 2nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The (often misunderstood) debate between #CSLewis and Anscombe happen on this date (2/2) in 1948.

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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 XIII
(Published in The Guardian on 2/2/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“For it is not so ___ ___ ___ ___ and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”
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