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The thought that in any case it was an honour did not comfort him . The next morning he went into a shop , and bought the morning paper and read a criticism to the effect that the piece was written in choice language , and -LRB- since it was anonymous -RRB- probably by a well-known art-critic who had moved among artistic circles at Rome . That was pleasant and cheered his spirits . At noon he started for Upsala . His father had engaged a room for him in a boarding-house , kept by the widow of a clergyman , that he might complete his studies under proper supervision . John 's entrance into the boarding-house secured for him intercourse with a large and varied circle , -- perhaps too varied . There were students of all ages , of all subjects , and from all districts , from clergymen who were reading for their last examination to young medical and law students .