CHAPTER XIII.

OF EMULATION.

_Emulation_ is grief arising from that our equals possess such goods as are had in honour, and whereof we are capable, but have them not; not because they have them, but because not we also. No man therefore _emulates_ another in things whereof himself is not capable.

Apt to _emulate_ are: such as esteem themselves worthy of more than they have. And young and magnanimous men. And such as already possess the goods for which men are honoured: for they measure their worth by their having. And those that are esteemed worthy by others. And those whose ancestors, kindred, familiars, nation, city, have been eminent for some good, do _emulate_ others for that good.

_Objects_ of emulation are, for _things_; virtues. And things whereby we may profit others. And things whereby we may please others.

For _persons_: they that possess such things. And such as many desire to be friends or acquainted with, or like unto. And they whose praises fly abroad.

The contrary of _emulation_ is _contempt_. And they that _emulate_ such as have the goods aforementioned, _contemn_ such as have them not. And thence it is, that men who live happily enough, unless they have the goods which men honour, are nevertheless _contemned_.

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