Question

シャイニ－

下線部の　his English cousin の訳し方がわかりません。また、fromはどういう意味ですか？

was the despair of government officials and strict superviso
Nowhere did he differ more sharply from his English cousins thon
in his attitude toward rules, for where the Englishman regarded the
observance ofa rule as a positive pleasure, to the American a mle
was at once an insult and a challenge.