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

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