Tag: Right and Wrong

Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/6

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY: “Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be …

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 6th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Right and Wrong are.”

The Law of Human Nature
(First heard on the BBC on 8/6/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to _____ _____ _____ .”
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RETROSPECT: August 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.

In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to kick-off the first of four scheduled talks about “Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe.” The place was the offices of BBC Home Services and the local time was 7:45 p.m. Over the next fifteen minutes he would speak on “Common Decency,” but later this first chapter of book one in Mere Christianity would be called “The Law of Human Nature.”

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on this date (7/13) in 1942, containing the first two BBC radio series.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining ‘It’s not fair’ before you can say Jack Robinson.”

Broadcast Talks
(Published on 7/13/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“We should mind humiliation less if _____ _____ _____ .”
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Retro: August 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect

Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.

In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to