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

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on this day (8/9) in 1939.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice things about anyone else—perfect humility will need no modesty.”

Letter to Sister Penelope 8/9/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book got the notice of someone from the BBC that lead to an invitation to Lewis’s debut on the radio that was this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything. ”

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

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

This month in 1943 Lewis was a guest on what BBC program?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

While two dozen poems by Lewis were published in Punch, “Revival or Decay?” is the only non-fiction work published there.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All sorts of things will make a man brave for the time being. Alcohol, ignorance of the danger, anger, self-respect, human loyalty, and love of God. But they’re not all equally good sources.”

The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 22nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired today (7/22) in 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that you care about Him very little, and put yourself in His hand, if you’re even ready to be made to care and leave Him to work, He’ll do the rest.”

The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The U.S. edition of what book was published this month in 1960?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date in 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”

The Screwtape Letters XII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Before Mere Christianity was a hit, what was the book that came out this month that was released related to it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on this date (7/13) in 1942, containing the first two BBC radio series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining ‘It’s not fair’ before you can say Jack Robinson.”

Broadcast Talks
(Published on 7/13/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“We should mind humiliation less if _____ _____ _____ .”
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C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic

William OFlaherty Special Feature

Get a chance to WIN a copy of C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic by Paul McCusker BEFORE you can even buy it!

It contains twelve chapters giving you a variety of background information about Mere Christianity that was first written in the 1940’s for radio. Details about HOW to win are below.

Please note, as with most of my contests, it is ONLY open to those living in the U.S. & Canada (sorry, but it’s the publisher who mails the prize and they set the limits). See complete rules below. Also you MUST enter by Wednesday, June 18th at 6pm.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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: April 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On Church Music was published this month in 1949 in English Church Music and is available in Lewis’s Christian Reflections.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.”

On Church Music
(Published in the April 194 issue of English Church Music)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

The only surviving recording from the BBC series that is a chapter is Mere Christianity is what chapter?
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RETROSPECT: March 22nd – 31st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of March (22nd – 31st) include: Publication of The Four Loves, his first essay collection and republication of a landmark professional work.

During the last decade of Lewis’s life his Christian-themed titles had less to do with defending the faith and more with sharing his understanding of a variety of aspects of it. The Four Loves, released on the 28th in 1960 is one of those works where he shares his wisdom on a topic related to the faith he had gained a greater understanding of over his life. Many individuals are not aware of the fact that two years prior to the book release Lewis had given ten radio talks on this theme.