Tag: 1960

RETROSPECT: July 22nd – 31st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the period of July 22-31include: Lewis on the radio that wasn’t a part of the eventual Mere Christianity book, the U.S. release of The Four Loves and the publication of a friend’s landmark book that Lewis encouraged the author to write (hint: it has a “ring” to it).

When you consider a person’s life over the years (like this series has with C.S. Lewis), it’s no surprise that there might be a week or two were relatively little significant events happened. Such is the case for this time-period. However, there was a very meaningful moment in the life of a now more famous friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. In 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring was published at the end of July (the actual date is either the 24th or 29th, as I’ve seen both listed).

It’s not just because they were friends that it’s worth mentioning, rather

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 15th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

It All Began with a Picture was an essay published in Radio Times today (7/15) in 1960 telling how #CSLewis got the idea for #Narnia.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“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 in Radio Times on 7/15/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One of the saddest events in Lewis’s life happened this month; what was it?
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RETROSPECT: July 11th – 21st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book resulting from speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the death of Joy.

When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled to start in late September, the book Broadcast Talks was released on the 13th in 1942. Unlike the later books released after each of his last two series, this book contained no additional material. They were merely five chapters each to match what was on the air. The only difference had to do with the order of the chapters from the first series.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 2nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1013 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”

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

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all the _____ _____ _____ . ”
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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 30th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s book review of “The Allegory of the ‘Faerie Queen'” was published in the 6/11/60 issue of The Cambridge Review.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We should mind humiliation less if [we] were humbler.”

Letters to An American Lady
(Published in he UK June, 1969)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“All right, all right, You needn’t shout. I’m not so deaf as all that. What do you mean by coming here to tell me that nobody’s been killed? Why should anyone have been killed?”
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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 18th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s mother, Florence Augusta Hamilton, was born today (5/18) in 1862. She went by “Flora.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not only erroneous but positively diabolical.'”

Preface to the Second Edition of The Screwtape Letters
(Written on 5/18/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The Son of God became a man to enable men to _____ _____ _____ _____.”

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 9th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.”

The Screwtape Letters II
(Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What series of letters began to be published this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

This month (on the 7th) in 1945 Lewis wrote a letter to Mr. McClain turning down an offer for a speaking tour in America.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Friendship is unnecessary…it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”

The Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are ______ ______ ______ ____ .”

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