Each one may take one of the papers which have been distributed, and you may write upon them any thing you please relating to the subject.

As many as have thought of any thing to write may raise their hands." One or two only of the older scholars gave the signal.
"I will mention the kinds of communications you can make, and perhaps what I say will suggest something to you.

As fast as you think of any thing, you may raise your hands, and as soon as I see a sufficient number up, I will give directions to begin.
"You can describe any case in which you have been prejudiced yourselves either against persons or things." Here a number of the hands went up.
"You can mention any facts relating to antipathies of any kind, or any cases where you know other persons to be prejudiced.

You can ask any questions in regard to the subject--questions about the nature of prejudice, or the causes of it, or the remedy for it." As he said this, many hands were successively raised, and at last directions were given for all to begin to write.

Five minutes were allowed, and at the end of that time the papers were collected and read.
The following specimens, transcribed verbatim from the originals, with the remarks made as nearly as could be remembered immediately after the exercise, will give an idea of the ordinary operation of this plan.
"I am very much prejudiced against spiders and every insect in the known world with scarcely an exception.