Friday, September 29,
1913. Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the engine that still bears his name to
this day, disappears from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp,
Belgium to Harwick, England. Was he swept over the side by a large wave, did he
decide to end his life, or was it something more sinister? No one knew for sure
but a few weeks later his body is spotted in the water. An investigation is
launched but the results are inconclusive. Most experts believe it to have been
a suicide, but others believe that Diesel was murdered and to this day the
mystery continues and most likely will never be solved. Likewise, the mystery
of the Dao will never be solved. The scholars can spend all the time they want
on it, but it will not be time spent wisely. The Dao is to be experienced, not
analyzed.
