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Her precociousness. She wishes to please everyone. Her submissiveness and her respect for her father. Her sense of reserve and yet her innocent true-heartedness. Her stubbornness and her flexibility toward people who she at one time esteems or who she is afraid of. Her demeanor in illness. Her moods. What does she like to talk about? Politeness toward strangers. Charitableness. A preference for childish play. Attachment to women. Her Judgements. Opinions. Elegant clothing. Dance. The bustling activity of home. Love of her siblings. An ear for music. Her favorites. Taste. Religiosity. Free enjoyment of life. Does she like to read. A preference for woman's work. There is nothing she wants to be. She is something. Her face—her figure—her life, her health—her—political outlook. Her movements. Her speech. Her touch. She doesn't make much out of poetry. Her behavior towards others, towards me. Sincerity. She appears to not yet have come to a state of self-reflection. I only got there after a certain period. With whom will she spend her life. Where has she been. What is she fond of. Her fear of marriage. I must ask her according to her particularity.—So also her M[other] [sic]. Her way of being happy—of grieving. What does she like most about people and things. Has her character awakened? What did she say to Just. Her tobacco smoking. Her devotion to her mother, like a child. The anecdote with Selmnitz—about her brothers[?] [sic]. Her brazenness