FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 21st
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (10/21) in 1948 Arthurian Torso was published. It contains commentary by Lewis on Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, …
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RETROSPECT: August 12th – 21st
Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis that became available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be found in a large variety of his writings. So it is of no surprise that when Lewis finally agreed to return to the microphone for another series of radio talks this was the theme. These talks were recorded in London on the 19th and 20th in 1958, but they were not done for the BBC (as his previous radio work was). It was the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation from the United States who had made the request. Eventually the material from these talks were extended to become The Four Loves.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 2nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
“On the Death of Charles Williams” (“To Charles Williams” in Poems) was first published in the August, 1945 issue of Britain Today.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. ”
Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/2/1954
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis edited three books during his life, each about another writer. Two of them were about the same author. Who was that writer?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 24th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine today (5/24) in 1945).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.”
The Screwtape Letters IV
(Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What talk did Lewis give sometime this month that used an illustration that included elephants?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 15th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.”
Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who does Aslan say the following to and which book does he say it in? “There is no other stream.”
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RETROSPECT: May 11th – 21st
Highlights for the second of May (11th – 21st) include: Initial publication of Miracles, the landmark first meeting with a famous friend and securing his longest employment.
“Miracles” is among the many misused words in our vocabulary today. This was true even back in 1947 when Miracles: A Preliminary Study was released on the 12th by C.S. Lewis. Of course, Lewis was addressing more of an unbelief in the miraculous. In fact, as the inside dusk jacket of the first edition notes, the subtitle isn’t about Lewis giving his tentative thoughts on the subject, but rather the book is designed to be “a study preliminary to any historical inquiry into the actual occurrence of miracles.” That is, before any examination of specific miracles one has to believe that the miraculous can genuinely occur. Nearly thirteen years later (as mentioned in the previous column) a new edition was released containing a revised third chapter.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 17th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first of two books edited by #CSLewis about Charles Williams came out in 1947 (2 years after his death) – Essays Presented to Charles Williams.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.”
The Obstinate Toy Soldiers
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who does Aslan say the following to and which book does he say it in? “Now you are a lioness.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 11th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Of Lewis’s two books of poetry released before his conversion, which one was re-released during his life?
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RETROSPECT: March 1st – 11th
Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.