ommented on by the teacher, and are made
the occasion of any remarks, which he may wish to make. The interest is
strongly excited to hear the papers read, and the instruction which the
teacher may give, produces a deeper effect, when engrafted thus, upon
something which originates in the minds of the pupils.

To take a particular case; a teacher addressed his scholars thus. "The
subject for the moral exercise to day, is _Prejudice_. 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 them 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 they 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. There is a horrid
sensation created by their ugly forms, that makes me wish them all
to Jericho. The butterfly's wings are pretty, but he is dreadful
ugly. There is no affectation in this, for my pride will not permit
me to show this prejudice to any great degree, when I can help it.
I do not fear the little wretches; but I do hate them.

Anti-Spider-Sparer."

"This is not expressed very well, the phrases, "_to Jericho_" and
"_dreadful ugly_," are vulgar, and in ver