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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

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 Wilson, Epiphanius

C. With emulous brightness through the clear blue Heaven.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

And at the head of this urbane and flourishing commonwealth sat the great Umeyyad khalifa, emulous of the glories of Bagdad and Cairo, and eager to surpass them in elegance and splendour.

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

The dynasty of Abbad, emulous of the glories of Cordova, outshone all the other rulers of Spain in elegance and culture.

From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)