I did _declare up front that this was a personal opinion piece.

而之前我已经指出，这篇文章是我个人的观点。

This is an interesting research and opinion piece, and nothing more.

这只是个有趣的研究和观点而已。

I hope that is okay. I did declare up front that this was a personal opinion piece.

而之前我已经指出，这篇文章是我个人的观点。