I therefore have no problem using them.
I have no problem with you using them either. I'm just trying to quote what any diehard JW would use to defend those "errors". Under their new understanding, Russell was never part of the F&D Slave. He was just another sincere individual earnestly seeking to understand God's Word, but what he wrote and stated was never via the "direction" of Holy Spirit as CJ had not yet made his appointment of the "Slave".