IwasfiredwithalongingtoascendtheAmazon。Alsowithalongingtoopenupatradeincocawithalltheworld。DuringmonthsIdreamedthatdream，andtriedtocontrivewaystogettoParaandspringthatsplendidenterpriseuponanunsuspectingplanet。Butallinvain。ApersonmayPLANasmuchashewantsto，butnothingofconsequenceislikelytocomeofituntilthemagicianCIRCUMSTANCEstepsinandtakesthematteroffhishands。AtlastCircumstancecametomyhelp。Itwasinthisway。Circumstance，tohelporhurtanotherman，madehimloseafiftydollarbillinthestreet;andtohelporhurtme，mademefindit。Iadvertisedthefind，andleftfortheAmazonthesameday。Thiswasanotherturningpoint，anotherlink。
CouldCircumstancehaveorderedanotherdwellerinthattowntogototheAmazonandopenupaworldtradeincocaonafifty
dollarbasisandbeenobeyed？No，Iwastheonlyone。Therewereotherfoolsthereshoalsandshoalsofthembuttheywerenotofmykind。Iwastheonlyoneofmykind。
Circumstanceispowerful，butitcannotworkalone;ithastohaveapartner。Itspartnerisman’sTEMPERAMENThisnaturaldisposition。Histemperamentisnothisinvention，itisBORNinhim，andhehasnoauthorityoverit，neitherisheresponsibleforitsacts。Hecannotchangeit，nothingcanchangeit，nothingcanmodifyitexcepttemporarily。Butitwon’tstaymodified。Itispermanent，likethecoloroftheman’seyesandtheshapeofhisears。Blueeyesaregrayincertainunusuallights;
buttheyresumetheirnaturalcolorwhenthatstressisremoved。