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CRITICAL THINKING, READING, and WRITING A Brief Guide to Argument SYLVAN BARNET Professor of English, Tufts University HUGO BEDAU Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University Bedford/St. Martin’s BOSTON ◆ NEW YORK SEVENTH EDITION