Can necessity rule be derived from box introduction rule?

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I need to find a proof of $\top \vdash \Box \top$ (where $\top$ is the truth constant and $\Box$ is the necessity modal operator) in the natural deduction system of IS4 modal logic.

In the axiomatic system, it is an axiom (namely, necessity rule) that if $A$ is a theorem, then so is $\Box A$, but in the natural deduction system I have no such rule. Can it be derived from other rules (for instance, the box introduction rule)?

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The proof of $\top\vdash\Box\top$ is derrived from the necessitation rule (if $\vdash A$ then $\vdash\Box A$), which in turn is a special case of the box introduction rule (where no modal formulae are needed as assumptions to prove A, so neither proofs of those modal formulae are needed).

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