FACT OF THE DAY: On October 20, 1949 the last reported Thursday Inklings meeting occurred according to Lewis’s brother’s diary. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Mrs. Beaver to Susan:) “If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most, or else just silly.” The Lion, the …
CSL Daily 09/14/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published on September 14, 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.” “God in the Dock” (First …
CSL Daily 09/13/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Weight of Glory was published in the U.S. on September 13, 1949, and later updated in 1980. It was first released under the title Transposition in the U.K. in 1949. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek …
CSL Daily 08/21/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue of Punch. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.” That Hideous Strength (Published 8/16/1945) …
CSL Daily 08/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Invocation of Saints” is a letter published on August 5, 1949 in Church Times and is now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness but as a certain …
CSL Daily 07/21/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 07/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote a letter to the editor on July 1, 1949 to Church Times. It’s in God in the Dock as “The Church’s Liturgy.” – – – 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) More Details …
CSL Daily 06/24/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Silver Chair came out on June 24, 1965 (first published September 7, 1953). – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 05/28/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope on May 28, 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out May 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 05/13/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on May 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 …