Lost Generation, a group of American writers who came of age during World War I and established their literary reputations in the 1920s. ... They were never a literary school. Gertrude Stein is credited for the term Lost Generation, though Hemingway made it widely known.
No, it wasn't wise. It basically started the war. War was pretty much inevitable at this point but it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
1) He founded the Protestant Reformation
2) Made the Bible available to those who couldn't have it before
3) Under the threats of death and arrest, he continued to preach his message, a feat many wouldn't dream of attempting
4) He organized schools, and wrote instructions for the teachers and pastors there as well.
Paraphrased from ThoughtCo.