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             Eiseley starts his book by writing, ÓEvery man contains within himself a ghost continent--a place circled as warily as Antarctica was circled two hundred years ago by Captain James Cook. If, in addition, the man is a scientist, he will see strange shapes amidst his interior ice floes and be fearful of exposing to the ridicule of his fellows what he has seen. To begin such a personal record it may be well to start with the Odyssean voyages of legend and science. These may defend with something of their own magic the small story of an observer lost upon the fringes of large events. Let it be understood that I claim no discoveries. I claim only the events of a life in science as they were transformed inwardly into something that was whispered to Odysseus long ago.Ó .

             Both Galileo and Eiseley are analyzing science and itÕs role within oneÕs life. Galileo is stating that truth is taken from science and for no other reason than experience should you know and understand that there is no .

             definite truth. There is no perfect understanding of one thing; this is learned through experience. Eiseley is discussing how science can be viewed in a personÕs eyes. Nobody views an object the same as somebody else. He uses Odyssean voyages of legend and science to help with his point.

             ÒI began to see that among the many universes in which the world of living creatures existed, some were large, some small, but that all, including manÕs, were in some way limited or finite. We were creatures of many different dimensions passing through each otherÕs lives like ghosts through doors,Ó this passage is taken from EiseleyÕs book, from the chapter titled, ÒThe Hidden Teacher.Ó Eiseley is saying that there is a universe inside a universe. Each creature has its own universe. This is what separates us from each other. Eiseley believed that it was a job to teach life, and that is exactly what he was trying to do in his books.