I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one;
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt,
I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan -
We all have seen him, in the pantomime,
Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time.
-Lord Byron, Don Juan: A Satiric Epic of Modern Life
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