Tag: Sister Penelope

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one has a free hand.”

Letter to Rhona Bodle 5/28/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscious, but shouts in our pains: it is His ______ to ______ a _____ _______ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 18th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Letters of C.S. Lewis, edited, with a Memoir by Warren Lewis was first published today (4/18) in 1966. Originally it began as a biography.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is a curious fact that the advice we can give to others we cannot give to ourselves and truth is more effective through any life rather than our own.”

Letter to Sister Penelope
(First available in Letters of C.S. Lewis published 4/18/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom did Lewis dedicate Till We Have Faces?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 25th

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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 / Quote / Quiz: February 20th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”

On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 19th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”

On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“If nothing is certainly right, then of course it follows that ___ ___ ___ ___ .”
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RETRO: September 22nd – 30th

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Highlights for September 22nd – 30th include: Debut story of a Sci-Fi trilogy, a landmark book published anonymously and the death of Lewis’s father to cancer.

It’s no secret that Lewis is known for being a versatile writer. One of his earliest efforts that spotlighted this fact is what happened 75 years ago on September 23rd. In 1938 Lewis released the first of what is referred to its fans as the Ransom trilogy. That’s because Dr. Elwin Ransom is a