What is more valuable to Walton--to have his name recorded in history for all time or to gain extraordinary knowledge? Explain using evidence from Letters 1-4.

It is more important to Robert Walton to gain extraordinary knowledge rather than to have his name recorded in history for all time.

Explanation:

In the penultimate sentence of the second paragraph, Walton writing to his sister states that he is ready to face any danger and even risk death in order to visit the places that have never been seen by any human before. [Letter 1]

From paragraphs 1-5, Walton makes known his challenges to his sister in a letter one of them being in dire need of a companion of the opposite gender. In the fifth sentence of the second letter, Walton restates his commitment to conquer all challenges in order to achieve his initial goals. See lines 1 and 2 of Paragraph 5.

Also in the same letter, in the last sentence of the 6th paragraph, Walton restates very strongly his strong passion to explore. [Letter 2]

In the 5th paragraph of the 3rd letter, Walton indicates how much success he is having and how it is that he is still filled with the desire to conquer even new territories. He finishes off that sentence by stating that nothing can quench his determinations. [Letter 3]

The entirety of Letter 4 rests on the case of the man who they helped out the cold frosting ice onto the ship. Walter was very inqusitive.

One of the things he shared in common with Walter was that unquenching desire to explore the unexplored. In the 4th and 5th lines of paragraph 24, the writer is happy to know there is another person on board who thought like him and felt about nature the way he did. Walter in line 4 and 5 states that death is a small price to pay in exchange of the discoveries he was making.

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