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

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

Groups of young men in gaily-coloured and picturesque coats, were seated in separate circles each possessing a kānūn or other instrument players of its own, emulous to surpass the notes of his neighbour. 

From The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Risk Allah, Habeeb

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)

In that keen sport along the plain, of heaven; 1837. ... in emulous company Sparkling, and hurrying through the clear blue heaven; 1838 and C. Hurrying and sparkling through the clear blue Heaven.

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