no wall to write on

The handwriting of the galaxy was trying to find the wall of the cosmos.

birth

Welcome the stranger come in from the cold universe.

heliocentric heresy

Our sun but a little night light in the universe.

would diderot approve

When a thick dictionary was sitting on the shelf, or a full set of an encyclopedia displayed, one could imagine containing that whole universe. In a Google world, or surfing to a Wikipedia entry, are we not giving up on a greater vision, however unrealistic, one of our containing all knowledge?