Nature and Human Nature

Thus, we may say that a new idea disturbs the existing
stock of ideas and distorts the accepted frame of reference. In our endeavor to restore the former coherence and balance, to remedy the disturbing situation, we are compelled to examine these other ideas and assumptions.

Lawrence K. Frank
Nature and Human Nature: Man’s New Image of Himself

Thus, we can begin to think of the immense universe in
which our green mantled earth is but a tiny speck whirling around our sun, one of the many stars that range throughout space-time.

Lawrence K. Frank
Nature and Human Nature: Man’s New Image of Himself