FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 14th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis gave his first ever lecture today in 1924. It was called “The Good, Its Position among Values.” Only four attended.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.”
An Experiment in Criticism
(Published 10/13/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis was honored and/or received an award twice in his life, but he actually turned one of them down. What was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 13th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day in 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.”
An Experiment in Criticism
(Published 10/13/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
“They smell battle, said ________, pointing at the birds. They know we’re preparing a feed for them.” Which character said this in which Narnia book?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
A Grief Observed was published today in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”
A Grief Observed
(Published 9/29/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What language is the word “Aslan?”
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RETROSPECT: July 22nd – 31st
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: May 18th
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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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on this date (4/7) in 1966. It was first published in 1961.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.”
Preface to Broadcast Talks
(Written on 4/6/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who was Prince Caspian’s tutor?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 27th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.”
The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast
(From new preface first published on 2/27/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“A boy in the street made a beastly joke about Queen Susan…so I knocked him down. He ran howling into a house and his big brother came out. So I knocked the big brother down.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 2nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
The paperback edition of Reflections of the Psalms was published on this date (1/2) in 1961. It was first released in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How was Pauline Baynes selected to illustrate the Narnia books?
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