Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 24th

FACT OF THE DAY:

All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 came out in the US today (7/24) in 1991 (three months after its release in the UK).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences are misleading, we are always misled.”

Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who came up with the name “The Chronicles of Narnia” for the entire series of books?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 26th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting this month (April) in 1922. It was released after his death as All My Road Before Me.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for.”

Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book was published this month by Lewis was the only one that he had a co-author?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 13th

FACT OF THE DAY:

Although previously released in 1991, All My Road Before Me came out in paperback in the US on this date (11/13) in 1992.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is “finding his place in it”, while really it is finding its place in him.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXVIII
(First published in The Guardian on 11/7/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be ______ _____ ______ ______ _______.”
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