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An AskForAboutTopic handles both ASK X FOR Y and ASK X ABOUT Y as if they meant the same thing. For example, since King Solomon was famed for his wisdom, one might ASK SOLOMON FOR WISDOM or ASK SOLOMON ABOUT WISDOM and reasonably receive the same kind of answer:
++ AskAboutForTopic, ShuffledEventList @tWisdom
[
'<q>The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.</q> he tells you,
<q>and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.</q> ',
'<q>The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction,</q>
{the solomon/he} declares, <q>and concern for instruction is love of her,
and love of her is the keeping of her laws, and giving heed to her laws
is assurance of immortality, and immortality brings one near to God.</q> ',
'<q>Wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she
pervades and penetrates all things. For she is a breath of the power of
God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty.</q> he replies. ',
'<q>The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come
to ruin.</q> he declares. ',
'<q>Wisdom is better than jewels,</q> he concurs, <q>and all that you
desire cannot compare with her.</q> ',
'<q>The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</q> {the solomon/he}
nods sagely, <q>that one may avoid the snares of death.</q> ',
'<q>I prayed and understanding was given me,</q> he tells you, <q>I called
upon God and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to sceptres
and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her. '
]
;
tWisdom : Topic 'wisdom';
One can be quite sure that Solomon never actually uttered any of these quotations from the Biblical books of Proverbs and Wisdom of Solomon - the latter being most probably a first-century (BCE or CE) text - but they seem as suitable as anything here; we are in any case dealing with the Solomon of legend rather than the Solomon of history in this game!