 Continuity of a positive linear map into a dual space

Let $V$ be a real Banach space and $T:V\to V^{\ast }$ be linear with $T_v(v)\ge 0$ for every $v$. If $v_n\to 0$ and $T_{v_n}\to f$ in $V^{\ast }$, positivity of $T_{v_n+tw}(v_n+tw)$ and passage to the limit givefor every real $t$ and every $w$. Taking small $t$ of either sign forces $f(w)=0$. Thus the graph of $T$ is closed, and the closed graph theorem makes $T$ continuous.