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I will just mention that among Firstnesses, there is no
distinction of the Genuine and the Degenerate, while among
Thirdnesses we find not only a Genuine but two distinct
grades of Degeneracy.

But now I wish to call your attention to a kind
of distinction which affects Firstness more than it does
Secondness, and Secondness more than it does
Thirdness. This distinction arises from the circumstance
that where you have a triplet ∴ you have 3
pairs; and where you have a pair, you have 2
units. Thus, Secondness is an essential part of Thirdness
though not of Firstness, and Firstness is an Essential
element of both Secondness and Thirdness. Hence
there is such a thing as the Firstness of Secondness
and such a thing as the Firstness of Thirdness; and there is such