 Thus the project failed and likely was a contributing factor for Volters to oppose the press ban going forward.According to Girdvainis, Volters changed his opinion about the Lithuanian National Revival around 1888.During his expeditions to Lithuania to collect ethnographic data, Volters met many prominent figures of the National Revival, including Antanas Baranauskas, Jonas Mačiulis-Maironis, Aleksandras Dambrauskas-Jakštas, , etc.