FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (4/8) in 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.”
Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
This month one of the three books that became a part of Mere Christianity was published; what was it?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.”
Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language
(Sermon Preached 3/31/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What landmark event happen in Lewis’s life this month that was actually for the second time?
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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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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (3/18) in 1946 George MacDonald: An Anthology (edited by Lewis) was released. It was a collection of MacDonald quotes.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Bible itself gives us one short prayer which is suitable for all who are struggling with the beliefs and doctrines. It is: ‘LORD I believe, help Thou my unbelief.'”
Letter to Genia Goelz 3/18/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famous poet did Lewis meet in the early 1920’s sometime this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (3/11) in 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/2/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Of Lewis’s two books of poetry released before his conversion, which one was re-released during his life?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis became available for the first time today (3/4) in 1968.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I believe no angel ever appears in Scripture without exciting terror: they always have to begin by saying “Fear not.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 3/4/1953
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the author who Lewis claims baptized his imagination in his teens.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given today (2/25) in 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.”
The Way
(First a lecture from 2/25/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When the final series of broadcast talks began this month in 1944 something different happen to them; what was it?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (2/18) in 1938 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher to consider Lewis’s manuscript of Out of the Silent Planet.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To some, God is discoverable everywhere; to others, nowhere.”
The Seeing Eye
(Published originally as “Onward Christian Spacemen” in the February, 1963 edition of Show)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis went back to the BBC this month in 1949 to record what talk that aired the same day of its recording?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with one’s convictions is simply the facts of being a fallen, and still imperfectly redeemed, man.”
Letter to Michael Edwardson 2/11/1960
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote a letter in 1933 to what friend about what soon to be written famous book by what other friend?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (2/4) in 1933 Lewis wrote to his friend Arthur Greeves about reading a draft of The Hobbit (not published till ’37).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Since term began I have had a delightful time reading a children’s story which Tolkien has just written.”
Letter to Arthur Greeves on 2/4/1933
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis had a debate in the late 1940’s with whom and what was it about?
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