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/^t/It is only rarely that a true grasp can be gained of the psyche of all the people who are already at an advanced age. Still, one can vaguely sense that, having run nearly the whole gamut of pleasure and pain that life affords, they reach a point where they, quite naturally, gravitate towards relying on others for their further sustenance. [It stands to reason that they simply have no other alternative, being worn out and unhealthy, as is usually the case.] What is to be done, however, when there is no single soul to turn to and the aged are virtually driven to carry on their shoulders the fate of loneliness, poverty, if not starvation? Granted this, should one insist on the government taking such people under their wing?