Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:The years hurried on, and brought S white hairs upon the head of Ernest, and made wrinkles across his forehead and furrows in his cheeks. He was an old man. But not s in vain had he grown old; more numerous than the white hairs on his head were the wise thoughts in his mind. And Ernest had ceased to be obscure. Unsought for, undesired, had come the fame which so many seek.He had become famous beyond the limits of the valley. College professors, and even the active men of cities, came from far to see and converse with Ernest, and he received s them with gentle sincerity, and spoke freely s with them of whatever came uppermost, or lay deepest in his heart or their own. While they talked together, his face would brighten, unawares, and shine upon them, as with a mild evening light.(1) What does the first line of the passage indicate ?(2) What comparison is made in the passage ?(3) Give another expression for And Ernest had ceased to be obscure’.(4) Give the meaning of the phrase ’hurried on.