This was to be a subject dear to Voltaire's heart, For under the guise of writing a national epic, he was dwelling at length on the bloody consequences of religious intolerance.

这是伏尔泰心中所钟爱的主题，因为在写一部民族史诗的幌子下，他详尽地讲述了宗教不容忍的血腥后果。