Through lectures and conferences, through the press and radio, through the organization of study classes and fire- side gatherings, through participation in the activities of societies, institutes and clubs animated by ideals akin to the principles of the Faith, through the dissemination of Baha'i literature, through various exhibits, through the establishment of teacher training classes, through contact with statesmen, scholars, publicists, philanthropists and other leaders of public thought-- most of which have been carried out through the resourcefulness of the members of the American Baha'i community, who have assumed direct responsibility for the spiritual conquest of the vast majority of these countries and dependencies-- above all through the inflexible resolution and unswerving fidelity of pioneers who, whether as visiting teachers or as residents, have participated in these crusades, have these signal victories been achieved during the closing decades of the first Baha'i century. (379:1)

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