Tag: Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 12th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The tenth installment of The Great Divorce was published today (1/12) in 1945; it covered all of chapter eight.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Could you, only for a moment, fix your mind on something not yourself?”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce X
(Published in The Guardian on 1/12/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (five words):
“He may say on his arrival down here, ‘I now see that I _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.'”
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RETROSPECT: January 1st – 10th

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Highlights for the first third of January (1st – 10th) include: Two books published for the first time (one posthumously), two paperback debuts, and initial US versions of two of his books.

If you’ve been reading this series for any three month span, you likely noticed he wrote a good variety of books (some being published after his death). Sometimes I’ve noted when Lewis’s books were released in the US for the first time or when debuting in paperback editions. During this short period a total of six books became available in one of these forms or another.

It was on the 6th in 1944 that The Abolition of Man was released. This is the only book of totally new material during this third segment of January.

Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 27th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (12/27) in 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the AM after being demobilized on the 24th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII
(Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When this month (in what year) did Lewis write what essay that was related to one of his fictional works?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 22nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII” was published today (12/22) in 1944 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I will bring you to the land not of questions but of answers, and you shall see the face of God.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII
(Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“Badness is only ____ _____ .”
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RETROSPECTIVE: December 21st – 31st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of December (21st – 31st) include: An essay about happiness, a special preview of a forthcoming book and two more installments of the eventual The Great Divorce.

Lewis had articles published in a large variety of places during his life. The final shorter work he wrote came out in The Saturday Evening Post less than a month after his death. “We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” first appeared in their combined December 21-28, 1963 edition. The only other essay he wrote for them was the encore Screwtape piece mentioned last time. This article specifically attacks sexual happiness and was written at the invitation of the editor, Thomas Congdon. It begins with Lewis describing a comment by someone he calls “Clare” that defended the actions of others by stating “they have a right to happiness.”

RETROSPECTIVE: December 11th – 20th

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Highlights for the second third of December (11th – 20th) include: A follow-up piece to The Screwtape Letters, a warning about seeking to be a part of “the inner ring” and the printed version of Lewis’s final radio broadcast.

Lewis received many requests to write more material found in The Screwtape Letters but he always refused. It was almost twenty years between the time he wrote his first letter to Wormwood and something new from Screwtape would appear. However, on the 19th in 1959 readers of The Saturday Evening Post discovered the senior demon had more to say. “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” has the esteemed devil giving a speech “at the annual dinner of the Tempters’ Training College for young Devils.” After commenting on the poor quality of

Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 8th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published today (12/8) in 1944 in The Guardian. This eventual became part of The Great Divorce.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I do not look at myself. I have given up myself.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V
(Published in The Guardian on 12/8/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

(Name the source of this Lewis quote):
“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 24th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce III was published today (11/24) in 1944 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“‘You mean the evening is really going to turn into a night in the end?’
‘He nodded.'”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce III (First published in The Guardian on 11/24/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

(Name the source of this Lewis quote): “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 17th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce II” was published today (11/17) in 1944 in The Guardian. It later became part of chapter two of The Great Divorce.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[About the grey town:] “That’s one of the disappointments. I thought you’d meet interesting historical characters. But you don’t: they’re too far away.”

“Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce II”
(First published in The Guardian on 11/17/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

(Name the source of this Lewis quote): “I have been told of a very small and very devout boy who was heard murmuring to himself on Easter morning a poem of his own composition which began ‘Chocolate eggs and Jesus risen.'”
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