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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 23rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

While two dozen poems by Lewis were published in Punch, “Revival or Decay?” is the only non-fiction work published there.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All sorts of things will make a man brave for the time being. Alcohol, ignorance of the danger, anger, self-respect, human loyalty, and love of God. But they’re not all equally good sources.”

The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Ye cannot fully understand the relations of choice and Time till _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 20th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was published today (7/20) in 1958 in The Observer. It was part of series on Is Progress Possible?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.”

Willing Slaves of the Welfare State
(Published in The Observer on 7/20/1958)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 16th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

An collection of #CSLewis’s essays called Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology was published today (7/16) in 1987.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We have seen that every moral judgement involves facts, intuition and reasoning, and, if we are wise enough to be humble, it will involve some regard for authority as well.”

from Why I Am Not A Pacifist
(Reprinted in Timeless at Heart on 7/16/1987)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 13th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on this date (7/13) in 1942, containing the first two BBC radio series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining ‘It’s not fair’ before you can say Jack Robinson.”

Broadcast Talks
(Published on 7/13/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“We should mind humiliation less if _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch today (July 9th) in 1958.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.”

Mere Christianity
(Published in 7/7/1952)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 6th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis was published on July 5th in 1984 and was edited by Walter Hooper.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”

Passage from The Weight of Glory
(Published in The Business of Heaven)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible _____ _____ _____ . ”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 2nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1013 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”

The Four Loves
(U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all the _____ _____ _____ . ”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 29th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian at the end of June (the 27th) in 1941.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.”

The Screwtape Letters IX
(Published in The Guardian on 6/27/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“We…shall not be _____ _____ _____ _____ on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 25th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On Stories: and Other Essays on Literature was initially published on June 24th in 1982.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We act from duty in the hope that someday we shall do the same acts freely and delightfully.”

The Novels of Charles Williams
(Published in On Stories on 6/25/1982)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“You can’t _____ _____ _____ while your eyes are blurred with tears.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Daily Readings with C.S. Lewis came out on this day (6/18) in 1992. It was republished as C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.”

Problem of Pain
(Quoted in Daily Readings with C.S. Lewis published on 6/18/92)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“All that is not eternal is ______ _______ ______ ______ .”
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