What happened in the end? Let's find out. On 178910.5, Washington borrowed a national law and a debate record of the British House of Commons (Volume 12) from the library, but it was not until Washington died on February 5, 799 that he returned it. Until it took 220 years. According to reports, the fines for these two books have reached 300,000 US dollars. Why didn't Washington return the books he borrowed from the library until his death? I think there are largely the following reasons.
The first reason may be that I was too busy to remember. Because 1789 was his first year as president of the United States, it is possible that he borrowed these two books at that time and forgot to return them after reading them. Because of various busy affairs, he had no extra energy to return them. Or President Washington forgot that he borrowed two books. After all, this little thing may be forgotten after a long time, and he still has books to return.
The second reason is that he hasn't finished reading these two books, or he wants to continue reading them after reading them and doesn't want to return them for the time being. After all, the president is busy with public works, but he also needs to keep learning. So this is probably the reason why he borrowed these two books for so long and hasn't returned them. It is possible that he wants to read it again, watch it several times and review it constantly. Read repeatedly to deepen your memory. I put these two books in the back.
Finally, the descendants of Washington found these two books at home and returned them to the library.