But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding, transitioning abruptly from the celebration of human technical knowledge to the question of wisdom, establishing that wisdom is categorically different from the knowledge so far described. The parallel questions establish wisdom and understanding as distinct from the mining knowledge previously catalogued, suggesting that these represent different orders of knowing. The location question implies that wisdom is not found in the earth like precious metals, that it does not yield to mining or extraction. This verse marks the crucial turn in the poem.

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