The best way to overcome the prejudice, therefore, is to connect some pleasant association with it.
For example (to take the case of the antipathy to the spider, alluded to in the last article), the reason why that young lady dislikes spiders is undoubtedly because she has some unpleasant idea associated with the thought of that animal, perhaps, for example, the idea of their crawling upon her, which is certainly not a very pleasant one for any body.

Now the way to correct such a prejudice is to try to connect some pleasant thoughts with the sight of the animal.
I once found a spider in an empty apartment hanging in its web on the wall, with a large ball of eggs which it had suspended by its side.

My companion and myself cautiously brought up a tumbler under the web, and pressed it suddenly against the wall, so as to inclose both spider and eggs within it.

We then contrived to run in a pair of shears, so as to cut off the web, and let both the animal and its treasure fall down into the tumbler.

We put a book over the top, and walked off with our prize to a table to see what the spider would do.
At first it tried to climb up the side of the tumbler, but its feet slipped on account of the smoothness of the glass.