Even jail does not limit the courage of some souls.

Evidence

Moving away from those imprisoned by and for enormity toward those jailed only by their own temperaments, we expect to feel a lower temperature of desperation. … But this isn’t necessarily the case. Whether they suffer from the freakishness of neurons, or a part of God’s plan, those depressed and frightened in the midst of the world are free in only some legal sense of the term. — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 754

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Thomas Mallon, A Book of Ones Own People and Their…, 754
• XREF: connects to: A prisoner’s daring ultimatum secured freedom for most detainees; Imprisonment can be endured as continued productive struggle rather than defeat.; Cowardice and heroism are deeds, not inborn temperaments. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, 19