It [the revelation of chaos] is treated scientifically; everything is explained by geology and astronomy, and in that way. It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing can be so pretty! A cluster of vapour, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light,

Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield (Volume 9), Tancred, Or The New Crusade, Chapter IX (p. 109)