"Even if this is a complete exaggeration, could you imagine finding even a single dahlia fancier [on Wall Street] today? The only blowzy, florid, long-stemmed things Wall Streeters are likely to be interested in these days are strippers.

So, the question is, what happened to our culture to make it so unlikely that any powerful person uncurls in the evening by puttering among his or her vulgar but wonderful dahlias?"

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