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The Chaplain

           Yettheyneverseemednearlyascrucialtohimasthequestionofkindnessandgoodmanners.Hewaspinchedperspinnglyintheepistemologicaldilemmaoftheskeptic,unabletoacceptsolutionstoproblemshewasunwillingtodismissasunsolvable.Hewasneverwithoutmisery,andneverwithouthope.

           "Haveyouever,"heinquiredhesitantlyofYossarianthatdayinhistentasYossariansatholdinginbothhandsthewarmbottleofCoca-Colawithwhichthechaplainhadbeenabletosolacehim,"beeninasituationwhichyoufeltyouhadbeeninbefore,eventhoughyouknewyouwereexperiencingitforthefirsttime?"Yossariannoddedperfunctorily,andthechaplain’sbreathquickenedinanticipationashemadereadytojoinhiswillpowerwithYossarian’sinaprodigiousefforttoripawayatlastthevoluminousblackfoldsshroudingtheeternalmysteriesofexistence."Doyouhavethatfeelingnow?"Yossarianshookhisheadandexplainedthatdéjàvuwasjustamomentaryinfinitesimallagintheoperationoftwocoactivesensorynervecentersthatcommonlyfunctionedsimultaneously.Thechaplainscarcelyheardhim.Hewasdisappointed,butnotinclinedtobelieveYossarian,forhehadbeengivenasign,asecret,enigmaticvisionthathestilllackedtheboldnesstodivulge.

           Therewasnomistakingtheawesomeimplicationsofthechaplain’srevelation:itwaseitheraninsightofdivineoriginorahallucination;hewaseitherblessedorlosinghismind.Bothprospectsfilledhimwithequalfearanddepression.

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