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= Solution

\b[No.] Shift invariance makes all $\phi(e_n)$ equal. Positivity gives
$$
0\leq N\phi(e_1)=\phi(e_1+\cdots+e_N)\leq\phi(\mathbf1)=1,
$$
so $\phi(e_n)=0$. If an $\ell^1$ sequence represented $\phi$, then $y_n=\phi(e_n)=0$ for every $n$, which would give $\phi(\mathbf1)=0$, a contradiction.

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