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I would have done so five years ago . Are Northern young men so intrinsically wise and good that they are not influenced by their traditions and immediate associations ? '' `` Mr. Clancy , where are your eyes ? Go to the Delmonico cafe at noon to-morrow , and observe the flower of our patrician youth taking their breakfast . You will see beings who are intrinsically what they are . '' `` I fear we are rather even in this respect , '' said Clancy , laughing . `` You have your metropolitan dudes and manikins , and we our rural ruffians , slaves of prejudice , who hate progress , schools and immigration , as they do soap and water .