QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There will always be those who, on discovering that history cannot really be turned to much practical account, will pronounce history to be Bunk.” Is History Bunk? (Published on 6/1/1957 in The Cambridge Review) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Is History Bunk? by Lewis was first published June 1, 1957 …
CSL Daily 03/25/20
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 25, 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a …
CSL Daily 01/21/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The Weight of Glory (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Prudery and Philology” was published on January 21, 1955 in The Spectator. …
CSL Daily 12/30/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must get rid of our arrogant assumption that it is the masses who can be led by the nose. As far as I can make out, the shoe is on the other foot. The only people who are really the dupes of their favourite newspapers are the intelligentsia. It is they who …
CSL Daily 12/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because he is wicked—with the all but inevitable implication that you are less wicked (at least in some respect)—is dangerous and disgusting.” After Priggery – What? (Published in The Spectator on 12/7/1945) – …
CSL Daily 09/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ Questions transcript (BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First …
CSL Daily 07/28/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In my waking hours I would never [approve some actions]. But the dreaming mind is regrettably immoral.” A Dream (Published in The Spectator on 7/28/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The lighthearted essay “A Dream” was first published on July 28, 1944 in The Spectator. It’s available in Present Concerns. – …
CSL Daily 07/10/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.” The Necessity of Chivalry (Available in Present Concern published 7/10/1986) BONUS: Hear an essay chat podcast on “The Necessity of Chivalry” (guest is Dr. Bruce Johnson) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 06/01/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There will always be those who, on discovering that history cannot really be turned to much practical account, will pronounce history to be Bunk.” Is History Bunk? (Published on 6/1/1957 in The Cambridge Review) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Is History Bunk? by Lewis was first published June 1, 1957 …
CSL Daily 03/25/19
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On March 25, 1987 the US edition of Present Concerns, a …