Glory and ambition

Quote

Character

Chapter

“I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path”

Walton

Letter I

“Who can stop the determination and resolved will of man?”

Walton

Letter III

“Success shall crown my endeavours”

Walton

Letter III

“One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought”

Victor

Letter IV

“My mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter III

“Become master of their language”

The Creature

Volume Two, Chapter IV

“Enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me to the horror of my employment”

Victor

Volume Three, Chapter II

“I cannot lead them unwillingly to danger”

Walton

Volume Three, Chapter VII

“My duties toward the beings of my own species had greater claims to attention”

Walton

Volume Three, Chapter VII

“Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition”

Victor

Volume Three, Chapter VII

“From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition; but how am I sunk!”

Victor

Volume Three, Chapter VII

“If you had listened to the voice of conscience, and heeded the stings of remorse”

Walton

Volume Three, Chapter VII