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 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 Auerbach, Berthold

Motto, "The emulous desire of increase employeth you until ye visit the graves."

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

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

This treat gives fresh animation to the emulous tongues.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee