FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published today (9/3) in 1960 in Time and Tide as “Haggard Rides Again.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on …
CSL Daily 8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The essay now known as “The Necessity of Chivalry” was first published today (8/17) in 1940 in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is still life in the tradition which the Middle Ages inaugurated. But the maintenance of that life depends, in part, on knowing that …
CSL Daily 8/07
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (Aug. 7) in Time and Tide in 1947. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you …
CSL Daily 6/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out today (6/27) in 1963 (first published 5/2/55). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.” First and Second Things (Published in Time …
CSL Daily 6/26
FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the …
CSL Daily 4/30
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave a talk today (4/30) in 1953 at the Socratic Club on “Faith and Evidence.” It was later published as “On Obstinacy in Belief.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #9
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. “Letters in Hell” by Charles Williams (a friend of Lewis) was the first Screwtape copy-cat. It was a book review of Lewis’s work and published …
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CSL Daily 1/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/7
FACT OF THE DAY: “Delinquents in the Snow” is an article Lewis wrote that was published today (12/7) in 1957 in Time and Tide. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Not all kinds of peace are compatible with all kinds of goodwill, nor do all those who …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/5
FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the …