FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was published in the October, 1946 issue of Resistance. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Solomon,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 14, 1946 issue of Punch.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love creatures (even animals) less.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 8/18/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“No more Aslan, no more Kings, no more silly stories about other worlds. The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
A second edition of The Abolition of Man was published by Geoffrey Bles on this day (8/12) in 1946.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man’s mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut.”
The Abolition of Man
(2nd Edition Published 8/12/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famous ship was built in Belfast where Lewis grew up?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of St. Andrews on this day (6/28) in 1946.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Think of yourself just as a seed patiently wintering in the earth; waiting to come up a flower in the Gardener’s good time, up into the real world, the real waking.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 6/28/1963
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the title on a essay by Lewis, published this month that dealt with the order of “things?”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis spoke on “Religion without Dogma?” today (5/20) in 1946 before the Oxford Socratic Club. An updated version is in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[The] scientific method merely shows…that if miracles did occur, science, as science, could not prove, or disprove, their occurrence.”
Religion without Dogma?
(Talk given on 5/20/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What sermon did Lewis preach sometime this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.”
Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language
(Sermon Preached 3/31/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What landmark event happen in Lewis’s life this month that was actually for the second time?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (3/18) in 1946 George MacDonald: An Anthology (edited by Lewis) was released. It was a collection of MacDonald quotes.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Bible itself gives us one short prayer which is suitable for all who are struggling with the beliefs and doctrines. It is: ‘LORD I believe, help Thou my unbelief.'”
Letter to Genia Goelz 3/18/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famous poet did Lewis meet in the early 1920’s sometime this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Great Divorce (complete book) was published on this day (1/14) in 1946. The installments were called “Who Goes Home? Or The Grand Divorce.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.'”
The Great Divorce
(Published on 1/14/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Sometime this month Lewis did what for the first time that related to him changing jobs?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published today (1/9) in Punch in 1946 (it uses planetary imagery).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/9/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How many mothballs fall out of the wardrobe when Lucy opens it for the first time? (submitted by Al Nolan)
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (11/9) in 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the proper classification of readers, is confused and even vulgar.”
Period Criticism
(Published on 11/9/1946 as “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What two chapters in Mere Christianity has the same name and what is it?
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