FACT OF THE DAY: “The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on Dec. 3, 1947; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be …
CSL Daily 9/8
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (Sept. 8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood …
CSL Daily 8/07
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (Aug. 7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you …
CSL Daily 6/7
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Morte D’Arthur” by Lewis was published today (6/7) in 1947 in the Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/7/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, …
CSL Daily 5/28
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one …
CSL Daily 5/19
FACT OF THE DAY: What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published today (5/19) in 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all …
CSL Daily 5/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
CSL Daily 5/13
FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study …
CSL Daily 5/12
FACT OF THE DAY: The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on …
CSL Daily 4/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (4/9) in 1941 Lewis gave his first Royal Air Force (RAF) talk at RAF Abingdon, Berkshire, England. – – – 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 …