Read the excerpt from frankenstein by mary shelley. And now, dear margaret, do i not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? my life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but i preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative! my courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: i am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing. Which choice best summarizes the excerpt?.