Cities And Stars III

See:

Cities And Stars
Cities And Stars II

I quoted Brian Aldiss:

"...night fell upon the old city and the stars."
-see the first link above.

Since then, I have reread the longer passage from which the above phrase was extracted:

"'What should be told to the people of the Galaxy?'
"You looked out over a city now pricked with lights, and up to the evening sky. You found no comfort there or in yourself.
"'Tell them again what a galaxy is,' you said. 'Don't soften it. They are brave. Explain to them once more that there are galaxies like grains of sand, each galaxy a cosmic laboratory for the blind experiments of nature. Explain to them how little individual lives mean compared to the unknown goals of the race. Tell them - tell them that this laboratory is closing. A newer one, with more modern equipment, is opening just down the street.'
"'They shall be told,' the Highest said, his face a shadow as night fell upon the old city and the stars.

"We who have already superseded you record these scenes now in your honor, as you once honored man. REQUIESCAS IN PACE." (p. 188) (For the reference, see the first link above.)

Observations
(i) At the end of the narrative, first person narration replaces second person. I tried to emulate this here.

(ii) Night falls as it is realized that this galaxy approaches its end. (The Long Night?)

(iii) A blind experiment cannot begin with a complex organism, as it does in this story.

(iv) But my main question is this: does this passage express the philosophy of the sf of its period, including that of Poul Anderson?

The Bible, whether read with faith or as fiction, recounts what God did, a theocentric past, whereas science fiction (sf) future histories recount what men will do, anthropocentric futures.

-copied from here.