ldquo It can be an affliction more harrowing than homelessness hunger or disease rdquo wrote Maggie Fergusson in The Economist rsquo s magazine Her subject Loneliness Fergusson chronicled the increasing rates of loneliness irrespective of one rsquo s social or economic status using heart-wrenching examples of what it feels like to be lonely The hurt of feeling alone is not new to our day Indeed the pain of isolation echoes off the pages of the ancient book of Ecclesiastes Often attributed to King Solomon the book captures the sorrow of those who seem to lack any meaningful relationships ndash The
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