emulous
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Cultivator of the gardens of the mind, himself the very bud and bloom of humanistic learning, he follows Socrates in having taken as his modus operandi the emulous pursuit of all that is most excellent.
From Time Magazine Archive
English philosophy was too bashful, and should be more emulous in this field of competition.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
He recognised their superiority in most things and, as headman of his tribe, was emulous of their accomplishment.
From White Fire by John Oxenham
My four steeds I harnessed, all white and black-maned, Which straight on their way, fleet and emulous strained.
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson
He knew Pranken, he knew tins everlasting galloping style of utterance, which is always so extremely animated, and even becomes enthusiastic when the conversation can be turned into an emulous contest of raillery.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
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