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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 2nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The (often misunderstood) debate between #CSLewis and Anscombe happen on this date (2/2) in 1948.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XIII
(Published in The Guardian on 2/2/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“For it is not so ___ ___ ___ ___ and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on this date (2/1) in 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about ‘misery.'”

The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

One of the few times Lewis discuss politics was published in an essay on what date last month (January) in what year (Hint: It related to one of the commandments)?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 30th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

First paperback edition of The Last Battle came out today (1/30) in 1964. It was published as ‘Puffin Books’ by Penguin Books Ltd.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One cannot be too careful: one must try to hold fast to one’s duties (I wish I did) which are the prose of the spiritual life and not learn to depend too much on these delightful moments.”

Letter to Arthur Greeves on 1/30/1930
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the mountainous land south of Narnia that is usually their ally.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 29th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis preached his final sermon, “A Slip of the Tongue” on this day (1/29) in 1956. It was preached at Evernsong at Magdalene College.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.”

A Slip of the Tongue
(Sermon preached on 1/29/1956)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is ____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Abolition of Man (released 1/6/1944) is the book Lewis did that he claimed addressed “a ‘serious’ point” that is presented in That Hideous Strength.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is no use to ask God with facetious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with B. We must lay before Him what is in us not what ought to be in us.”

Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
(Published on 1/27/1964)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis did something new related to his professional duties at Oxford on what date in what year this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer was published today (1/27) in 1964; one of the last books Lewis prepared before his death.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”

Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
(Published on 1/27/1964)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book mentions the fictional character Sherlock Holmes?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

All the letters of the alphabet are used for names of the characters in Narnia except one, none of them start with the letter “x.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of planting a new sun in the sky or a new primary colour in the spectrum.”

The Poison of Subjectivism
(Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

We know that Perelandra is Venus, but what is Earth’s name?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

It was on this day (1/23) in 1967 that Christian Reflections (an essay collection) was published.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Unless the measuring rod is independent of the things measured, we can do no measuring.”

The Poison of Subjectivism
(Published in Christian Reflections on 1/23/1967)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 22nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The poem “On Another Theme from Nicolas of Cusa” was published on 1/21/1955 in The Times Literary Supplement.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who trusted us all through.”

On Obstinacy In Belief
(Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (five words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Ministering Angels” is a short story by Lewis first published in the January, 1958 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present to us: it is the very sign of His presence.”

Letter to Mary Neylan
(from Collected Letters, Volume 2 on 1/20/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In The Magician’s Nephew, Lewis based the character of Digory on an important figure from this own life. Name that person.
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