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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

Difference of opinion on political subjects, honorable competition, and emulous rivalry, may indeed be useful.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

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 Chapone, Hester

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

Writing to please the mistress of his heart, and emulous of epic fame, Boccaccio rejected the usual apostrophes and envoys of the Cantori da Banca, and constructed a poem divided into books.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington