intellectual gifts

When we put away our racism, and gender, religious and economic biases and fears, diversity becomes a gift to all of us because others’ intellectual gifts, religious diversity, economic capabilities and cultural heritage enrich us in ways too many cannot begin to imagine.

Her most intimate friend at school had been one of rather exceptional intellectual gifts, who wrote fine-sounding essays, which Edna admired and strove to imitate; and with her she talked and glowed over the English classics, and sometimes held religious and political controversies.

No matter how exceptional a woman’s intellectual gifts, her opportunities remained severely limited: “Philippa Fawcett, from Clapham High School, recorded in 1890 the highest marks of any candidate in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos.”

The novel follows Hiram “Hi” Walker, a 12-year-old slave on a Virginia plantation ironically named Lockless, whose many intellectual gifts include a photographic memory.

He showed intellectual gifts at an early age.