"The Galaxy In Your Hands"

The Peregrine, CHAPTER XII.

Nicki tells Trevelyan that the Nomads belong in the universe, adding:

"'Forget your damned science for a while. Reach out and take the Galaxy in your hands!'

"'A big Galaxy,' he murmured." (p. 105)

People set up false dichotomies. The Nomads could not have been out in the universe without science. Indeed, that our galaxy is not the entire universe but only a "grain of sand," to quote Brian Aldiss, was realized only in 1925. Now we take it for granted... 

Trevelyan taking the Galaxy in his hands reminds us of William Blake. See the attached image.

Now I have to eat and get to the Zen group.

Keep rereading Poul Anderson.