Both Uses of
emulate
in
The Remains of the Day
- They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate, or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters.†
Chpt 1e -
- The obsessions with eloquence and general knowledge would appear to be ones that emerged with our generation, probably in the wake of Mr Marshall, when lesser men trying to emulate his greatness mistook the superficial for the essence.†
Chpt 1e - *
Definition:
imitate (copy)