Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
4. The Mother in the Life of the Ashram
You will find with this a letter from the Mother giving you her point of view with regard to the request for a written statement 
from herself about approaching people for money. You must make X understand that this is not done and cannot be done. If he feels moved to do this as work for the Mother, the knowledge that it is needed should be enough. It is not a question of a public appeal for funds, but of getting friends and sympathisers to help. You will see from the Mother’s letter the spirit in which it should be done.
circa 29 April 1938