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In contemporary American public culture, the legacy of the consumer revolution of the 1960s is unmistakable. Today, there are few things more beloved of our masses than the figure of the cultural rebel, the defiant individualist resisting the mandates of the machine civilization. Whether he is an athlete decked out in a mowhawk and multiple-pierced ears, a policeman who plays by his own rules, an actor on a motorcycle, a soldier of fortune with explosive bow and arrow, or a rock star in leather jacket and sunglasses, the rebel has become the paramount cliché of our popular entertainment, and the pre-eminent symbol of the system he is supposed to be subverting. In advertising especially, he rules supreme Thomas Frank		Friday Jul 18, 2025
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Thou are gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream. George Linley

Quote Author: George Linley

	George Linley
	(1798-1865) Ever of Thee - English verse writer & composer of popular ballads.

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Ever of thee I 'm fondly dreaming, Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.

Tho' lost to sight, to mem'ry dear Thou ever wilt remain; One only hope my heart can cheer, The hope to meet again. Oh fondly on the past I dwell, And oft recall those hours When, wand'ring down the shady dell, We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life the

We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight; As thro' the field we rov'd. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight.

Thou are gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.