Lieutenant Scheisskopf

           NotevenClevingerunderstoodhowMilocoulddothat,andClevingerkneweverything.ClevingerkneweverythingaboutthewarexceptwhyYossarianhadtodiewhileCorporalSnarkwasallowedtolive,orwhyCorporalSnarkhadtodiewhileYossarianwasallowedtolive.Itwasavileandmuddywar,andYossariancouldhavelivedwithoutitlivedforever,perhaps.Onlyafractionofhiscountrymenwouldgiveuptheirlivestowinit,anditwasnothisambitiontobeamongthem.Todieornottodie,thatwasthequestion,andClevingergrewlimptryingtoanswerit.HistorydidnotdemandYossarian’sprematuredemise,justicecouldbesatisfiedwithoutit,progressdidnothingeuponit,victorydidnotdependonit.Thatmenwoulddiewasamatterofnecessity;whichmenwoulddie,though,wasamatterofcircumstance,andYossarianwaswillingtobethevictimofanythingbutcircumstance.Butthatwaswar.Justaboutallhecouldfindinitsfavorwasthatitpaidwellandliberatedchildrenfromtheperniciousinfluenceoftheirparents.

           ClevingerknewsomuchbecauseClevingerwasageniuswithapoundingheartandblanchingface.Hewasagangling,gawky,feverish,famish-eyedbrain.

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