Is 'As the explorer Ernest Giles put it, the explorer's experience is a  baptism worse than that of fire'the baptism of no water. ' in direct disagreement with the statement 'Giles said an explorer's experience is like a baptism.'
As the explorer Ernest Giles put it, the explorer's experience is a  baptism worse than that of fire'the baptism of no water. ###Giles said an explorer's experience is like a baptism.