FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the source of this quote:
“Die before you die. There is no chance after.”
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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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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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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Epitaph” is a poem published today (7/30) in 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and retitled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We really don’t know much about loving until we’re in touch with love Himself. ”
The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“So often, whether for good or ill, one’s inner state seems to have so little connection _____ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s poem “Vitrea Circe” was published in Punch, today (6/23) in 1948) and was revised and reprinted in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape Admits:) “Prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him (God) best.”
The Screwtape Letters VIII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which book from The Chronicles of Narnia did Lewis share the galley proofs of to his friends, the Inklings?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Dangerous Oversight is a poem by Lewis published in Punch on 5/21/1947 and revised and re-titled Young King Cole in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Only the courteous can love, but it is love that makes them courteous.”
The Allegory of Love
(Publish 5/21/1936)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Where is Bism in the land of Narnia?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like perspective) the mode of our perception.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“I think that if God forgives us we _____ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis accepted what temporary position this month that wasn’t in a subject he is most known for?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Pan’s Purge,” a poem by Lewis was published today (1/15) in 1947 in Punch; it’s now printed in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself.”
The Great Divorce
(Published on 1/14/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
“In any wholesome group of people which holds together for a good purpose, the exclusions are in a sense accidental…But your genuine Inner Ring _____ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The Silver Chair was the fourth published Narnia story, but in order of the chronologies of the plots it falls where?
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