My Pilgrimage to the Spirit

August 26, 1931

I wrote to you before that I did not see my way clear in this matter. My main reason, or one of the main reasons, was that the time and the present conditions are adverse to success. All the information I have received since entirely confirms it; most have suffered by the long prevailing depression and few are either in a mood or a position to give largely. In these circumstances the idea of a mission to collect lakhs of money must be abandoned or at least postponed to better times.

There were other difficulties I saw, but these need not be discussed at present, since the mission itself is barred by the lack of all reasonable chance of success....

Sri Aurobindo