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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (4/8) in 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.” Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/1
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The one really adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/16
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Romantics” is a poem that was found in The New English Weekly today (1/16) in 1947, but is now know as “The Prudent Jailer.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 8th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958.
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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 in the immediate presence of God.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published on 9/8/58)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Besides reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
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RETROSPECT: September 1st – 11th
Highlights for September 1-11 include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.
Time CoverThe number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life. An additional title, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis, is a lesser known collection of quotes first available in March, 1968, but was published as a paperback on the 9th in 1980.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems.
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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 know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven. ”
Letter to Mrs. Johnson 8/7/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What did Lewis do this month that made the publication of the Narnia books possible?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Morte D’Arthur” by Lewis was published today (6/7) in 1947 in the Times Literary Supplement.
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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, Volume I)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The first book that was a collection of essays edited by Walter Hooper came out this month…what was it?
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