Tag: 1955

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 21st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s “Prudery and Philology” was published today (1/21) in 1955 in The Spectator. It is available in the Present Concerns book.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.”

The Weight of Glory
(Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which broadcast series from what became part of Mere Christianity did Lewis begin on what day this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.”

Letter to Sheldon Vanauken
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/8/1951)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good ____ _____ _____ _______ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on this day (1/7) in 1955.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.”

The Abolition of Man
(Published on 1/6/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman twice?
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RETROSPECT: January 1st – 10th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of January (1st – 10th) include: Two books published for the first time (one posthumously), two paperback debuts, and initial US versions of two of his books.

If you’ve been reading this series for any three month span, you likely noticed he wrote a good variety of books (some being published after his death). Sometimes I’ve noted when Lewis’s books were released in the US for the first time or when debuting in paperback editions. During this short period a total of six books became available in one of these forms or another.

It was on the 6th in 1944 that The Abolition of Man was released. This is the only book of totally new material during this third segment of January.