Tools in Frost are tricky. You have to learn how to use them.

弗罗斯特所指的工具很狡猾，要去学会分析。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

They are simply analytical tools. They're not inherently biased. They can be applied fairly to the text, and they're extraordinarily useful. It's just that some of the earlier practitioners of these methods did have ideological axes to grind, and we need to be aware of that.

所以它们只是分析工具，本身并不带有偏见,它们是十分有用的，完全可以运用于文本,但一些早期实施者并没有将其,融会贯通，我们必须意识到这一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The historical critical method, and the documentary hypothesis in particular, are not inherently biased, I want to make that point very strongly. They are simply analytical tools: look at the text and its features and draw some conclusions based on what you're finding.

这里我想要特别强调的是，历史的批判性研究方法,尤其是底本学说，本身是不带偏见的,它们只是分析工具，对文本及其特征进行评判,然后根据你的发现作出结论。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选