# John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over

*Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-18 — 1 clipping.*

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> Formatted by William K. Walker for posting at http://www.nvdi.com/mtbahai/wilcott. Mirrored from http://www.nvdi.com/mtbahai/wilcott with permission of both author and editor.Ed. note: I've disturbed Mr. Drong's text as little as possible, with one exception: I broke the original article into sections and created a table of contents. This does not imply any lack of diligence on Mr. Drong's part. I just needed to divide the text into a series of smaller web pages that were manageable for people with slow Internet connections. -W.K.W.
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> Copyright © 1998
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>                  Table of Contents
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>         Part 1: Early Years
>                "`Abdu'l-Bahá says little about destiny,
>                but teaches much about will."
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>         Part 2: Montana and Marriage
>                "A man can be a Bahá'í much easier when
>                he understands all of God's work."
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>         Part 3: Faith and Hard Times
>                "Now, dear Sister, you know
>                times are very bad."
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>         Part 4: Insight
>                "...an upright man who had a
>                meaningful insight into the world."
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>         Bibliography and Acknowledgements
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>    Chapter 1
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> — *John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over (Used by permission of the curator)*