The Apache sentinel., 1943-08-06
BE SATISFIED.
AND DIE!
BY GRANT REYNOLDS
Captain, Chaplain
Hospitals No. l and No. 2


To be satisfied is to die The key to worthwhile
living is noble discomfort. This is no justification Of
that pestiferous breed of human failure that is af-
fieted by constant gripping The truth of the state
ment holds secure in all phases of human endeavor
whether it be politics, economies morality, or that
system Of human relationships which suffer under
the msnomer Of race" problems To be satisfied is
to die.
The philosopher Neitzscfe was possessed by an
impish quality Of dissatisfaction with life. In him
it produced restlessness in the presence of all es-
tablished ideals Neitzsche vented his spleen by at
tackig great men and ideals OF his day. Said he
"I enter society with duel"
But then he reveals his reactionary spirit by his
efforts to rise Spinozas cheerful acceptance of
natural limitations and human destiny MY formula
for greatness is AMOR FATI; not only to bear uo
under every necessity but to love it," This iinpsi,
conoclast became the John the Baptist of Nazisral
Fumanitys most deplorable tragedies gerrnnate from
satisfaction with the 'strated order of things St
Paul created damaging flaw in his otherwise ster-
ling character with the statement:
q have learned that in whatsoever state find
myself Herewith to be content"
Harsanyi reveals this stultifying philosophy again
IN the poignant conflict between the aged Cremonni
and Calico. Cremonni had reached old age as 3
teacher of Aristotles cosmology wherein the universe
was declared to be fixed and unchanging Morever
Cremonini had based his religious faith on such
established order Had not the church formulated
its theology upon the same foundation?
The nobly discontented Calico with his telescope
discovered heavenly bodies, the existence of which
Aristotle was abjecty ignorant Constant observation
OF these new planets and stars convinced Calico that
the cosmos was not fixed and unchanging When he
brought his findings to Cremonini the old teacher
would not listen Cremonini was urged to convince
himself by looking at the heavens through the tee-
cany0 ,l1,y
scientist to leave him alone with his ideas
But the truth does it not mean anything to you?"
cried Calico
To this Cremonini begged Calico to let him end
his few remaining years undisturbed and satisfied
with what he thought was right that his faith was
in accord with the teachings of the Church. however
wrong they were
18th Century England suffered from the same
tragedy. national conceit based upon smugness
and satisfaction polluted the very air that English
men breathed The Golden Age had arrived. There
was nothing more to look forward to-
Listen to Pope express the prevailing tenor of the era
Let us (since life little more supply
Than just to look about us and die) .
One truth is clear WHATEVER IS IS RIGHT"
The noble dissenters who founded our great ma
ton suffered no such deuson These men having
their moral roots firmly implanted in the Judeo-
Christian concept of mans mperfection recognized
that human inattutons must ever press forward to
prevent national stagnation and eventual destruction
Ihey knew that whenever man became satisfied
that the pot OF gold at lifes ranbow-end found ne
IS ALREADY dead satisfaction is strange paradox
All men are humanity tempted to seek it; but it re-
wards those who find it with the kiss of death.
What then is the true nature of noble dissatis--
faction? a
I'd. To negotiate no peace with the forces of
satisfied and SNUG eonlplaceney
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