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The Chaplain

           HerememberedverydistinctlyorwasundertheimpressionherememberedverydistinctlyhisfeelingthathehadmetYossariansomewherebeforethefirsttimehehadmetYossarianlyinginbedinthehospital.HerememberedexperiencingthesamedisquietingsensationalmosttwoweekslaterwhenYossarianappearedathistenttoasktobetakenoffcombatduty.Bythattime,ofcourse,thechaplainhadmetYossariansomewherebefore,inthatodd,unorthodoxwardinwhicheverypatientseemeddelinquentbuttheunfortunatepatientcoveredfromheadtotoeinwhitebandagesandplasterwhowasfounddeadonedaywithathermometerinhismouth.Butthechaplain’simpressionofapriormeetingwasofsomeoccasionfarmoremomentousandoccultthanthat,ofasignificantencounterwithYossarianinsomeremote,submergedandperhapsevenentirelyspiritualepochinwhichhehadmadetheidentical,foredoomingadmissionthattherewasnothing,absolutelynothing,hecoulddotohelphim.

           Doubtsofsuchkindgnawedatthechaplain’slean,sufferingframeinsatiably.Wasthereasingletruefaith,oralifeafterdeath?Howmanyangelscoulddanceontheheadofapin,andwithwhatmattersdidGodoccupyhimselfinalltheinfiniteaeonsbeforetheCreation?WhywasitnecessarytoputaprotectivesealonthebrowofCainiftherewerenootherpeopletoprotecthimfrom?DidAdamandEveproducedaughters?Thesewerethegreat,complexquestionsofontologythattormentedhim.

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