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January 1, 2023
Interviews with people who knew Lewis, letters from friends and correspondents. There were many thought-provoking chapters. However I particularly liked the penultimate section in which various writers familiar with Lewis interact with the comments made by the interviewees and give their own affirmations, corrected impressions or clarifications.
‘There goes the great dragon, there goes the great leviathan,’ Norman Bradshaw said of Lewis in tones of awe and endearment according to WR Fryer. (p34)
Lewis’ mother died when she was 46 years old. He took on the responsibility of caring for Paddy Moore’s mother when she was 46 years old. Maureen, her daughter, who later married Leonard Blake and who became Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs (a baronetcy passed down from her father), has remained silent on these years. (p79f) His wife, Joy Davidman, died at 45. (p86)
JB Phillips in Ring of Truth — A Translator's Testimony mentioned a vision of Lewis after his death. The author, having met both men, believed in the veracity of the vision. (p101)
There comes a moment when the children who have been playing at burglars hush suddenly: was that a real footstep in the hall? There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion (‘Man’s Search for God’!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us? Miracles (p110)
‘There goes the great dragon, there goes the great leviathan,’ Norman Bradshaw said of Lewis in tones of awe and endearment according to WR Fryer. (p34)
Lewis’ mother died when she was 46 years old. He took on the responsibility of caring for Paddy Moore’s mother when she was 46 years old. Maureen, her daughter, who later married Leonard Blake and who became Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs (a baronetcy passed down from her father), has remained silent on these years. (p79f) His wife, Joy Davidman, died at 45. (p86)
JB Phillips in Ring of Truth — A Translator's Testimony mentioned a vision of Lewis after his death. The author, having met both men, believed in the veracity of the vision. (p101)
There comes a moment when the children who have been playing at burglars hush suddenly: was that a real footstep in the hall? There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion (‘Man’s Search for God’!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us? Miracles (p110)
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