were turned down by the Senate

被参议院否了
Waite was his fifth choice

韦特是他第五个选择
Nobody had ever heard of him

没人听说过他
He was known in Ohio,

他在俄亥俄州有名气
but as one of his own Supreme Court colleagues called him,

但正如他在最高法院的一位同仁所说
said Waite was, quote, "at the front rank of second rank lawyers"

如下"位于第二流律师的前列"
And maybe it proved the old adage-- apologies to anyone from Ohio;

印证了那句格言先向俄亥俄人道歉
you know the old saying;

以前的格言嘛
Ohio's had more presidents I think even than Virginia—

俄亥俄出的总统好像比弗吉尼亚还多
some are born great, some achieve greatness, some just come from Ohio

大人物抑或天才抑或努力抑或来自俄亥俄
Morrison Waite will write the opinion,

莫里森·韦特将会写下裁决
in a nine-to-nothing decision, unanimous decision,

判决是9比0 不记名投票哦