“It is true that the real world of the soul is an invisible place, removed from the rush and chatter of crowds, and that the most important portion of life is the secret and solitary portion. Yet the most influential element even of this secluded world and this hidden life, is the element which consists of the ideas and feelings we habitually cherish in relation to our fellow-beings.” SocietyLonelinessSolitudeSolitaryWilliam Rounseville Alger Book:The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life Source: The Solitudes of Nature and of Man; or, The Loneliness of Human Life