The Brodie set might easily have lost its identity at this time, not only because Miss Brodie had ceased to preside over their days which were now so brisk with the getting of knowledge from unsoulful experts, but also because the headmistress intended them to be dispersed.

Panspermia, one possible form of exogenesis, is the notion that the seeds of life are scattered throughout the universe.

Here is self-repose, which to our mind is stabler than the Pyramids; here is self-respect, which leads a man to date from his heart more proudly than from Rome.

Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.