Tag: Letters to an American Lady

Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Letters to an American Lady was first released on December 19, 1967 and at the time the name of the lady wasn’t revealed.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?”

Letters to an American Lady – 8/1/1953
(Book was published on 12/19/1967)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom are The Screwtape Letters written?To whom are The Screwtape Letters written?
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RETROSPECTIVE: December 11th – 20th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect

Highlights for the second third of December (11th – 20th) include: A follow-up piece to The Screwtape Letters, a warning about seeking to be a part of “the inner ring” and the printed version of Lewis’s final radio broadcast.

Lewis received many requests to write more material found in The Screwtape Letters but he always refused. It was almost twenty years between the time he wrote his first letter to Wormwood and something new from Screwtape would appear. However, on the 19th in 1959 readers of The Saturday Evening Post discovered the senior demon had more to say. “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” has the esteemed devil giving a speech “at the annual dinner of the Tempters’ Training College for young Devils.” After commenting on the poor quality of