FACT OF THE DAY: “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said” was first published today (11/18) in 1956 in The New York Times Book Review. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.” Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The American edition of Mere Christianity was first published on this date (11/11) in 1952. It was published on 7/7 in the UK in ’52. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The last month of weekly letters from Screwtape began today (11/7) in 1941 when the 28th letter was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Weight of Glory” was published in the November, 1941 issues of Theology. See it online here.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken.”
The Weight of Glory
(Published in November, 1941 issue of Theology)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Despite being very creative and having an amazing memory, Lewis had a lot of trouble with one aspect of writing. What was it?
FACT OF THE DAY:
The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.”
The Great Sin
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Earlier this month Lewis preached his first sermon…what was the title and when was it?
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:In October, 1935 The Pilgrim’s Regress (second edition) was published.
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (10/21) in 1948 Arthurian Torso was published. It contains commentary by Lewis on Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis gave his first ever lecture today in 1924. It was called “The Good, Its Position among Values.” Only four attended.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.”
An Experiment in Criticism
(Published 10/13/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis was honored and/or received an award twice in his life, but he actually turned one of them down. What was it?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date in 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to the right jobs, and a source of energy which will give them all new life, if only they will put themselves at its disposal.”
Social Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/27/1942; Chapter two from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s mother got a degree from what university?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Out of the Silent Planet was first published on this day (9/23) in 1938. It was his second fictional story for Lewis as a Christian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.”
Out of the Silent Planet
(Published 9/23/1938)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book dealing with events from Lewis’s own life came out this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published today (9/16) in 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an occasional defiance of the rule, resulting in a shock, can give pleasure; a pleasure rich in tragic or comic possibilities. Indeed one of the purposes for which the rule exists is that it may sometimes be broken.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Before Narnia and Mere Christianity Lewis landed on the cover of what magazine?
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