“ 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, pastoral 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. ” ​ — Geologist Wallace Pratt.
उत्पत्ति के पहले अध्याय में जो लिखा, मैं ठीक उसी के मुताबिक समझाने की कोशिश करूँगा । इससे बढ़िया तरीका और क्या हो सकता है । ” — भूवैज्ञानिक, वॉलस प्रैट ।