FACT OF THE DAY:
The Four Loves was released on this day (3/28) in 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”
The Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
To whom did Lewis dedicate The Screwtape Letters?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The World’s Last Night collection of essays book was first published on this day (2/10) in 1960. Lewis also gave a talk now known as “Membership” today in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ourselves together.”
Membership
(Talk given on 2/10/1945; now found in The Weight of Glory)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is Reepicheep’s successor?
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Lewis’s Studies in Words is a title that was published today in 1960 by Cambridge University Press.
“Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any other medium is available.”
Studies in Words
(Published 9/9/1960)
“The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published today (9/3) in 1960 in Time and Tide as “Haggard Rides Again.”
The U.S. edition of what book was published this month in 1960?
The first US edition of The Four Loves was published today in 1960.
“All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.”
It All Began with a Picture
(Published 7/15/1960 in Radio Times)
“It All Began with a Picture” was an essay published in Radio Times today in 1960 telling how Lewis got the idea for Narnia.
Some people think they hear C.S. Lewis reading his book in the audio product The Four Loves…too bad it isn’t true!
