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of three tails each will suffice to build graphs with every higher number
of tails. [diagram]
Consequently It is, therefore, not And analysis
will show that every relation which is tetradic,
pentadic, or of any greater number of correlates
is nothing but a compound of triadic relations.
It is therefore not surprising to find that beyond
these three elements of Firstness, Secondness, and
Thirdness, there is nothing else to be found in the
phenomenon.

As to the common aversion to recognizing
thought as an active factor in the real world,