Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
free transportation from your Uncle George
English answer:
transportation back to Europe courtesy of the George V, King Of England
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Stephanie Ezrol
Feb 3, 2010 13:45
14 yrs ago
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free transportation from your Uncle George
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Of Harvard, Yale and Princeton I know something, having done time in each. I have also given jobs to graduates of Oxford, Cambridge and Heidelberg, to my sorrow and their chagrin. This does not prove that graduates of the great universities are, as a rule, out of work, or that they are incompetent. It simply means that it is possible for a man to graduate at these institutions and secure his diploma and yet be a man who has nothing the world really wants, either in way of ideas or services.
The reason that my "cum laude" friends did not like me, and the cause of my having to part with them��getting them a little free transportation from your Uncle George��was not because they lacked intelligence, but because they wanted to secure a position, while I simply offered them a job.
The reason that my "cum laude" friends did not like me, and the cause of my having to part with them��getting them a little free transportation from your Uncle George��was not because they lacked intelligence, but because they wanted to secure a position, while I simply offered them a job.
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| 2 +1 | transportation back to Europe courtesy of the George V, King Of England |
Stephanie Ezrol
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References
| One Uncle George |
Bernhard Sulzer
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Works in: English, French to English, French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English
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transportation back to Europe courtesy of the George V, King Of England
Hubbard's book was published in 1914 or 1915 during the reign of King George V of England. He is refering to the failure of "graduates of Oxford, Cambridge and Heidelberg, to my sorrow and their chagrin."
The ruling house of England was German which is why I think that Hubbard is saying that the graduates of Oxford, Cambridge and Heidelberg all had the same "Uncle" George. "Uncle George" might be being used by Hubbard to refer to England in the way that "Uncle Sam" refers to the United States.
This the period leading to the change in name of the British ruling family from the "House of Windsor," which was officially adopted in 1917, during the First World War. It was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of wartime anti-German sentiment.
I believe these universities were government institutions but perhaps some of our British friends know the history. If so then these instituions may have sent these scholars to the United States and would have to pay to have them go back home. -- free transportation.
King George V reigned from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936.
The ruling house of England was German which is why I think that Hubbard is saying that the graduates of Oxford, Cambridge and Heidelberg all had the same "Uncle" George. "Uncle George" might be being used by Hubbard to refer to England in the way that "Uncle Sam" refers to the United States.
This the period leading to the change in name of the British ruling family from the "House of Windsor," which was officially adopted in 1917, during the First World War. It was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of wartime anti-German sentiment.
I believe these universities were government institutions but perhaps some of our British friends know the history. If so then these instituions may have sent these scholars to the United States and would have to pay to have them go back home. -- free transportation.
King George V reigned from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936.
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
: if there is any sense in this to today's reader, this seems to be a possibility. I wish we had some more comments.
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Bernhard Sulzer
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Reference:
One Uncle George
At first, I thought maybe: free railroad tickets from "Uncle' George Daniels
from "your" Uncle George
the your could be
be used as in everybody's (our/your buddy's) railroad.
But there is no other mention of "Uncle George" in the entire text (see my third link) and. I think not many readers would know this man if it were indeed George H Daniels.
Stefanie's interpretation seems to make a lot more sense.
And why should Daniels give free tickets to position-less persons?
The only thing that is for sure is that Hubbard did call George H. Daniels Uncle George, hence I am leaving this as a reference.
Daniels was in a business relationship with Elbert Hubbard, buying the rights to print his "Message to Garcia". I am not sure how much this could have to do with the comment here but I thought: free rides in exchange of printing rights. But again, because there is no other mention of this Uncle George in the entire text, I rather doubt it.
http://books.google.com/books?id=9MFsFBJ_9EsC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA...
Uncle George Daniels/Uncle George
http://www.readprint.com/work-3921/Message-to-Garcia-Elbert-...
It came to me like a flash! Yes, the boy is right, the hero is the man
who does his work--who carries the message to Garcia. I got up from
the table, and wrote "A Message to Garcia." I thought so little of
it that we ran it in the Magazine without a heading. The edition
went out, and soon orders began to come for extra copies of the March "Philistine," a dozen, fifty, a hundred; and when the American News Company ordered a thousand, I asked one of my helpers which article it was that had stirred up the cosmic dust.
"It's the stuff about Garcia," he said.
[Sidenote: George H. Daniels]
The next day a telegram came from George H. Daniels, of the New York Central Railroad, thus: "Give price on one hundred thousand Rowan article in pamphlet form--Empire State Express advertisement on back--also how soon can ship."
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the text entered by Shirley is from
Elbert Hubbard's "A little Journey to Tuskegee"
see:
http://www.archive.org/stream/littlejourneytot00hubb#page/4/...
from "your" Uncle George
the your could be
be used as in everybody's (our/your buddy's) railroad.
But there is no other mention of "Uncle George" in the entire text (see my third link) and. I think not many readers would know this man if it were indeed George H Daniels.
Stefanie's interpretation seems to make a lot more sense.
And why should Daniels give free tickets to position-less persons?
The only thing that is for sure is that Hubbard did call George H. Daniels Uncle George, hence I am leaving this as a reference.
Daniels was in a business relationship with Elbert Hubbard, buying the rights to print his "Message to Garcia". I am not sure how much this could have to do with the comment here but I thought: free rides in exchange of printing rights. But again, because there is no other mention of this Uncle George in the entire text, I rather doubt it.
http://books.google.com/books?id=9MFsFBJ_9EsC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA...
Uncle George Daniels/Uncle George
http://www.readprint.com/work-3921/Message-to-Garcia-Elbert-...
It came to me like a flash! Yes, the boy is right, the hero is the man
who does his work--who carries the message to Garcia. I got up from
the table, and wrote "A Message to Garcia." I thought so little of
it that we ran it in the Magazine without a heading. The edition
went out, and soon orders began to come for extra copies of the March "Philistine," a dozen, fifty, a hundred; and when the American News Company ordered a thousand, I asked one of my helpers which article it was that had stirred up the cosmic dust.
"It's the stuff about Garcia," he said.
[Sidenote: George H. Daniels]
The next day a telegram came from George H. Daniels, of the New York Central Railroad, thus: "Give price on one hundred thousand Rowan article in pamphlet form--Empire State Express advertisement on back--also how soon can ship."
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the text entered by Shirley is from
Elbert Hubbard's "A little Journey to Tuskegee"
see:
http://www.archive.org/stream/littlejourneytot00hubb#page/4/...
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