Tag: 1949

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 21st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin on your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn’t, tell the despondent devil not to be silly.”

Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 7/21/1958
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which of the Narnia books is dedicated to a family?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 1st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote a letter to the editor on this day (7/1) in 1949 to Church Times. It’s in God in the Dock as “The Church’s Liturgy.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When natural things look most divine, the demoniac is just round the corner.”

The Four Loves
(U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Whom did Lewis meet when he served in World War I that dramatically changed his life?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 24th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first paperback edition of The Silver Chair came out today (6/24) in 1965 (first published 9/7/53).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The simple physical pains and (still more) the pleasures can’t be expressed in language. I labour the point lest the devil should hereafter try to make you believe that what was wordless was therefore vague and nebulous. But in reality it is just the clearest, the most concrete, and the most indubitable realities which escape language: not because they are vague but because language is.”

Letter to Rhona Bodle 6/24/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What honor did Lewis receive this month in 1946?
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RETROSPECT: June 22nd – 30th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of June (22nd – 30th) include: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and more talk from Screwtape about the “law of Undulation.”

As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at a variety of places, but on the 22nd in 1950 it happened to be at the Eagle and Child. When they came together at this location it was unusual for them to actually read any of their works. Nevertheless, this was a special occasion, as Lewis brought the galley proofs of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

RETROSPECT: June 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

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 first third of June (1st – 11th) include: two standout letters to children about Narnia, the acceptance of a new position late in his professional career and his most famous sermon.

Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year in 1941. In April he gave his first RAF talk, in May his first letter by Screwtape was published, in August he gave his first radio talk on the BBC and was asked to do a second series in September, then in December he gave a special series of lectures that became A Preface to Paradise Lost. But it is during the first part of June, 1941 that some would say was the best thing

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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).

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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 has a free hand.”

Letter to Rhona Bodle 5/28/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscious, but shouts in our pains: it is His ______ to ______ a _____ _______ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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.

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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
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis accepted what temporary position this month that wasn’t in a subject he is most known for?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On Church Music was published this month in 1949 in English Church Music and is available in Lewis’s Christian Reflections.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.”

On Church Music
(Published in the April 194 issue of English Church Music)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The only surviving recording from the BBC series that is a chapter is Mere Christianity is what chapter?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 10th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVIII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/9/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the north star in Narnia?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (2/18) in 1938 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher to consider Lewis’s manuscript of Out of the Silent Planet.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To some, God is discoverable everywhere; to others, nowhere.”

The Seeing Eye
(Published originally as “Onward Christian Spacemen” in the February, 1963 edition of Show)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis went back to the BBC this month in 1949 to record what talk that aired the same day of its recording?
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