I think of these things....which am I?

"The night Thoreau Spent in Jail." Thoreau has been locked up for not paying his taxes because he doesn't like the fact that his taxes are going to pay for a war with which he disagrees. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who supposedly believed the same things as Thoreau encounters his friend in jails and says, "What are you doing here?" Thoreau is quick to reply to Emerson, " Why Waldo, what are you doing by not being here?" To me, this quote shows the difference between the two men. Both were romantic idealists but Thoreau was willing to act on his beliefs. Emerson just simply stated his beliefs.