FACT OF THE DAY: While today (8/23) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.” That Hideous Strength (Published in 8/16/1945) …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/21
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Day with a White Mark,” a poem by Lewis was published in the August 17, 1949 issue of Punch. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.” That Hideous Strength (Published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/16
FACT OF THE DAY: That Hideous Strength, a book from Lewis’s Sci-Fi trilogy, was published today (8/16) in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one. “ That Hideous Strength (Published in 8/16/1945) – – – QUIZ …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/31
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was president of the Oxford Socratic Club from it’s founding (1942) until 1955 (when he started teaching at Cambridge). – – – 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.’” Letter …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/28
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. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to ask God with facetious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 31st
FACT OF THE DAY: The 27th Screwtape Letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. Its subtitle was “The Historical Point of View.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Anything, even a sin, which has the total effect of moving him close up to the Enemy [i.e. God], makes against us in the …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 3rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 23rd letter from Screwtape was published today in The Guardian in 1941. It was the first one with a subtitle, which was “The Historical Jesus”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The earliest converts were converted by a single historical fact (the Resurrection) and a single theological doctrine (the Redemption) operating on a sense of sin which they already had.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXIII – The Historical Jesus
(First published in The Guardian on 10/3/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In That Hideous Strength were does Merlin’s magic come from and how does it relate to J.R.R. Tolkien?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s parents, Albert and Florence (Flora) were married at St. Mark’s Church on this day (8/29) in 1894.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Do you place yourself in the obedience,’ said the Director, ‘in obedience to Maleldil?’
‘Sir,’ said Jane, ‘I know nothing of Maleldil. But I place myself in obedience to you.’
‘It is enough for the present,’ said the Director.
‘This is the courtesy of Deep Heaven: that when you mean well, He always takes you to have meant better than you knew.’
That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What final book from a fictional series was published this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s father, Albert, was notorious for not liking his routine changed; this quality negatively affected his relationship with his sons.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In fighting those who serve devils one always has this on one’s side; their Masters hate them as much as they hate us.”
That Hideous Strength
(Published 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What happen in this month in 1908 that had a major impact on Lewis’s life?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 23rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
While today (8/23) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.”
That Hideous Strength
(Published in 8/16/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two articles came out in Time and Tide this month in the 1940’s. Can you name either?
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