Not a brick was made but someone had to think of the making of that brick. After a month of marriage, his young bride went to visit her family and refused to return to Milton at the appointed time. Milton, infuriated, told her never to return. Most objects weigh more than the air that they replace and therefore settle to the ground. Dust is light, but it does settle because it is heavier than air.
Some gases are lighter than air of the same volume.
The potency of propaganda lies largely in the subtlety of its action. We do not believe that it is a natural disposition in most individuals to lie, and in multitudes to believe. Hypotheses must be understood through their history, for they are the result of progressive evolution rather than the products of sudden creation. In a sense, the Aztecs' religion betrayed them in their contest with the Spanish invaders. There was an ancient legend that their god Quetzalcoatl had taught his people and departed by sea to the east, promising to return in a specified year.