FACT OF THE DAY: “Horrid Red Things” was published today (10/6) in Church of England Newspaper in 1944. It was adapted in the book Miracles. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/7
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/3
FACT OF THE DAY: The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released this month (July 6th) in 1967 with three new words/chapters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The poet’s route to our emotions lies through our imaginations.” Studies in Words, 2nd Edition (Published in 7/6/1967) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (3/25) in 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a collection of eighteen essays, became available. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ready for.” Letter to Sister Penelope CSMV on 3/25/1943 (Published in The Collected …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Horrid Red Things” was published today in Church of England Newspaper in 1944. It was adapted in the book Miracles.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker (falsely) believes to be true.”
Horrid Red Things
(Published in Church of England Newspaper on 10/6/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two Narnia books were published later this month for the first time ever. When was this, what are their titles?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven. ”
Letter to Mrs. Johnson 8/7/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What did Lewis do this month that made the publication of the Narnia books possible?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 3rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released in July 6, 1967 with three new words/chapters.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The poet’s route to our emotions lies through our imaginations.”
Studies in Words, 2nd Edition
(Published in 7/6/1967)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What one-legged creatures are found during the Dawn Treader voyage?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (3/25) in 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a collection of eighteen essays, became available.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Symbolism exists precisely for the purpose of conveying to the imagination what the intellect is not ready for.”
Letter to Sister Penelope CSMV on 3/25/1943
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The first book ever published by Lewis was this month. What and when was it?
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QUOTE: October 6, 2013
“There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker (falsely) believes to be true.”
Horrid Red Things
(Published in Church of England Newspaper on 10/6/1944)
Quote: August 7, 2013
“The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven.”
Letter to Mrs. Johnson
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 8/7/1956)