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Matthew Daws
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In a nutshell, no, at least in the separable case. Let $F\subseteq E^*$ be not norm dense, and with $F$ (norm) separable. By Hahn-Banach there is $M\in E^{**}$ which is non-zero and annihilates $F$. Let $f\in E^*$ with $\langle M,f \rangle=1$.

I shall use Helly's Lemma (which I have failed to find an online reference for; it follows from e.g. the principle of local reflexivity) which says that if $N\subseteq

Matthew Daws
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