Wallace Pratt Professions : Geologist Born : 1885 Died : December 25, 1981 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Wallace Pratt Where oil is first found is in the minds of men Wallace Pratt oil mind men If I as a geologist were called upon to explain briefly our modern ideas of the origin of the earth and the development of life on it to a simple, pas- toral people, such as the tribes to whom the Book of Genesis was addressed, I could hardly do better than follow rather closely much of the language of the first chapter of Genesis. Wallace Pratt simple book ideas Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds. Wallace Pratt oil judging mind Similar Authors Archibald Geikie geologist Alfred Harker geologist Bernhard von Cotta geologist Douglas Mawson geologist Ian Plimer geologist Hugh Miller geologist All Authors
