All true, but I think much of what he says about Susie comes after her 
death, when both he and Livy realized what they'd lost. I'd separate pre and 
post mortem comments about Susie and see how they compare to the pre and 
post mortem comments he made about Jean. You might find similarities. Too 
bad somebody didn't strangle Clara so we could make comparisons across the 
board for all three daughters. Hmm... did I just say that last thing out 
loud?

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Subject: Re: Susy as "favorite child"??

I haven't done a line-by-line study of the Autobiography (and don't intend
to), but my impression is that he spends about as much time talking about
Suzy as he does for the other two girls combined. Besides all of his
comments about her "biography" of him, he spends time talking about her
tendency to ponder deep questions even at an early age -- and even throws in
a quote from someone else (I forget who) about how remarkable a girl she
was. It's pretty clear that he was very fond of Clara and Jean too, but I
don't think he talks about either of them in the same way.

-- Bob G.