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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 22nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The 17th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (8/22) in 1941. It dealt with gluttony in a unique way.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One of the great, achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on [gluttony], so that by now you will hardly find a sermon preached or a conscience troubled about it.”

The Screwtape Letters XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 8/22/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What fictional book was published this month under another name than when published ten years before?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (8/8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity itself, and to that point of time which they call the Present.”

The Screwtape Letters XV
(Published in The Guardian on 8/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What animal was Screwtape turn into when he became so angry with Wormwood?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (8/1) in 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being in the book The Screwtape Letters.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?”

Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/1/1953
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In which book does Lewis have Merlin play a role?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 25th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (7/25) in 1941 the 13th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. Wormwood has failed again…second conversion.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape Admits:] “I know that the Enemy [God] also wants to detach men from themselves, but in a different way. Remember always, that he really likes the little vermin, and sets an absurd value on the distinctiveness of every one of them.”

The Screwtape Letters XIII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was the name of the person who was going to be sent where Ransom ended up going in Out of the Silent Planet?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/18) in The Guardian in 1941.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy [God]. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing.”

The Screwtape Letters XII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In “The Great Divorce” what animal was perched on the shoulder of a ghost that symbolized lust (and what color was it)?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/11) in The Guardian in 1941.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.”

Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In The Screwtape Letters where are the young demons initially taught and who leads the place?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today (7/4) in 1941 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”

The Screwtape Letters X
(Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the title of the non-Lewis fictional book that was published this month by a famous friend?

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 4th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today (7/4) in 1941 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”

The Screwtape Letters X
(Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the title of the non-Lewis fictional book that was published this month by a famous friend?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The sixth Screwtape letter was published on this day (6/6) in The Guardian in 1941. Topics include how to “weaken his (patient’s) prayers.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape Boasts:) “There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy [i.e. God].”
The Screwtape Letters VI
(Published in The Guardian on 6/6/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom did Lewis dedicate Out of the Silent Planet?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The fifth Screwtape letter was published today (5/30) in The Guardian in 1941. It talked about Wormwood failing in his duties because of relying on anxiety caused by a war.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldiness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe he is going to live forever.”

The Screwtape Letters V
(Published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was the title used when The Great Divorce was first published weekly in The Guardian?
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