This
splendid and handsome specimen of
the human variety, known as
Albino.....
They
have been found sometimes thickly
scattered about in the tropical
parts of Africa and America, some
theorists have not hesitated to look
upon them as a separate race. Yet,
nothing is more unfounded; for there
is no hereditary tendency in
Albinoism......
Others have asserted that the color
of the Albino is that of death
before decay has begun to spot its
chalky whiteness. Because there are
some well authenticated instances on
record, where extreme terror, grief,
or anxiety, has produced, in a
single night, physical effects
similar to those which distinguish
the Albino, it has been averred (and
with some show of reason) that
Albinoism is the result of fear.
