Lets hope he enjoyed it: Penn State library book returned--57 years late. (Update).If you were among the presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. hundreds of frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: Penn State library patrons searching the racks in vain vain adj. vain·er, vain·est 1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. for Be utraq (ue) Verborum ac rerum copia lib. II: ad sermonem & stylum formandum utilissimi, we have good news: The book has been returned. Donald King checked out the rare, 17th century text by Dutch theologian the·o·lo·gi·an n. One who is learned in theology. theologian Noun a person versed in the study of theology Noun 1. Desiderius Erasmus sometime in 1945. King kept the book as he moved on to various teaching positions around the country and completed his translation, which was published in 1963 as On Copia of Word and Ideas. Shortly before his death in 1997, King told his daughter about the volume. It was a few years still before she passed it on to a relative of Loanne Snavely, head of instructional programs at Penn State's library. There was no fine, library officials said, which is probably a good thing: at the typical 10-cents-a-day charge for overdue books, the fine would be more than $208,000. |
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