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.
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It drew together a very large number of young men emulous of these things; and few foreigners of culture came to Venice without seeking to be admitted to its sessions.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
But in the tenth century, the partisans of the pope, were only citizens, emulous of obtaining the independence of their city or republic, and to withdraw their elective head from all domination.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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
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