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
C. With emulous brightness through the clear blue Heaven.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
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
With all the alacrity of men fresh and 'eager for the fray,' they began the ascent, and such was the emulous ardour to be first, that it assumed all the features of a race.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James
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
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