The next day Chiang wrote of his frustration: After meeting Gandhi yesterday, I’m disappointed. My expectations were too great, but perhaps the pain of being ruled by the British has hardened his heart . . . he knows and loves only India, and doesn’t care about other places and people . . . Traditional Indian philosophy has made him this way. He only knows how to endure pain, and has no zeal—this is not the spirit of a revolutionary leader. I judge that the Indian revolution will not easily succeed.
