FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day (7/5) in 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, …
CSL Daily 2/9
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters (book) was first published in the UK on this date (2/9) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, …
(CCSLQ-17) Education Without Values
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. I’ve collected, reorganized, and expanded this material in a book, THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, that is now widely available (Amazon, including the Kindle format, and via Google Books). It examines 75 quotations and so it …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/21
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/24
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Silver Chair came out today (6/24) in 1965 (first published 9/7/53). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The simple physical pains and (still more) the pleasures can’t be expressed in language. I labour the point lest the devil should hereafter try to make you …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/9
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters (book) was first published in the UK on this date (2/9) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 21st
FACT OF THE DAY:
The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin on your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn’t, tell the despondent devil not to be silly.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 7/21/1958
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which of the Narnia books is dedicated to a family?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 5th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day (7/5) in 1941.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”
from Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Written 7/5/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two dozens poems by Lewis were published in Punch, but only one essay. That essay came out during the month of July; what was the title?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 24th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first paperback edition of The Silver Chair came out today (6/24) in 1965 (first published 9/7/53).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The simple physical pains and (still more) the pleasures can’t be expressed in language. I labour the point lest the devil should hereafter try to make you believe that what was wordless was therefore vague and nebulous. But in reality it is just the clearest, the most concrete, and the most indubitable realities which escape language: not because they are vague but because language is.”
Letter to Rhona Bodle 6/24/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What honor did Lewis receive this month in 1946?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 9th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Screwtape Letters (book) was first published in the UK on this date (2/9) in 1942.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”
Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Published 2/9/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
“Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of ____ ____ ____ would serve as well..”
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