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Responsibility (n.) extends ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to a man's own psychic constitution once he knows he bears it — and he can be sure he will escape no difficulty that belongs to his nature.

Responsibility (n.) offered ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to be taken off your hands is the mark of a swindler: no one in his senses would take responsibility for another's existence — and the man who promises everything fulfils nothing.

Responsibility (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no longer be dodged by pleading littleness: the dark God has put the atom bomb into man's hands.

Responsibility (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠possible only for the man who lives in his own way; otherwise he is just a hanger-on with no proper personality.

Responsibility (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not taken by swelling up and announcing that one takes it; fate wants to know who is making the promise, for a post does not make the man, the man's work does.