They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener; and so when each had said his say, my mother made them a speech.
人们说怯懦会传染;可另一方面,争辩也很能鼓舞勇气。于是,等每个人说完,母亲便向他们发表了一番讲话。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Treasure Island · IV · The Sea-chest —