Tag: Mary Van Deusen

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/10

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FACT OF THE DAY: The U.K. edition of Letters to an American Lady was published in June, 1969 (it was first published in the U.S. on 12/19/1967). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I can obey advice from others which I have often given myself in vain.” Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/10/1952 (Published in The …

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people’s religions, he is in a bad condition.”

Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/26/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Puddleglum is what type of creature?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The U.K. edition of Letters to an American Lady was published in June, 1969 (it was first published in the U.S. on 12/19/1967).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I can obey advice from others which I have often given myself in vain.”

Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/10/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Whom did Lewis start a life-long correspondence with sometime this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 5th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (1/5) in 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.”

Letter to Mary Van Deusen
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/5/1951)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man ____ ____ ____ _____ .”
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