He had higher standards, sounds like

"A flourishing ecology and a healthy economy? Henry David Thoreau thought you couldn't have one without the other"

https://theconversation.com/a-flourishing-ecology-and-a-healthy-economy-henry-david-thoreau-thought-you-couldnt-have-one-without-the-other-183336

I don't think he was much like John Mulaney in Dickinson.

https://www.bustle.com/p/john-mulaney-plays-thoreau-on-dickinson-its-pretty-historically-accurate-19293482