Weather young or old, people in different environments always behave in different ways. This is the case with the Englishman in the town and the Englishman in the country, who differ since there are restraints placed upon people in the town, but people in the country can "give scope" to their "natural feelings."
             According the passage, "others are apt to form an unfavorable opinion" of an Englishman in the town. One who sees an Englishman in the town fells that he is always "either absorbed in business or distracted by the thousand engagements." Thus, "London is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting," since it "presents but the cold superficies of character." This is because there are restraints that keep the individual from "giving scope" to his "natural feelings."
             Unlike the Englishman in the town, the Englishman in the country "breaks loose gladly from the cold formalities and negative civilities of town." He is able to "put no constraint either upon his guests or himself," and is free from the immense cold environment of London.
             In my own life, I have been in a situation where I felt restrained by formalities, and was unable to be myself. This was when I went with my parents to have dinner with my father's former professor in graduate school. The setting was at the professor's elegant house, and when I first arrived, I felt a sense of over formality. The butler greeted us, and led us into the cold and immense living room. I chatted awkwardly for a while, and after about an hour, dinner was announced. I felt out of place in the elegant dining room, dress in my casual pants and blouse. Even though the professor was very hospitable and gregarious, the formality was a restraint which kept me from being myself, and "giving scope" to my "natural feelings."
             When any person is restrained a...