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
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 Count Carlo Gozzi
Remember, that the end of true friendship is the good of its object, and the cultivation of virtue, in two hearts emulous of each other, and desirous to perpetuate their society beyond the grave.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone
Excited by the chase, and emulous each to outrun the other, the colonel threw off his shako, and Briolle his sword, in the ardour of pursuit.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Charles James Lever
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 Habeeb Risk Allah
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