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

He recognised their superiority in most things and, as headman of his tribe, was emulous of their accomplishment.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John

With all the alacrity of men fresh and "eager for the fray," they began the ascent, and, such was the emulous ardor to be first, that it assumed all the features of a race.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

Thanks to nature for intolerance, for envious and emulous self-seeking, for the insatiable desire to have and to rule!

From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner

The latter were as emulous to fight the battle of their master as those who had been sent to the new road.

From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Optic, Oliver