Edison had a peculiar genius for carrying existing discoveries to the point where they could be converted into practicable devices, and it would be no service to his memory, or to the cause of science which he serves so splendidly, to pretend that he invented by performing solitary miracles.

to pretend that he invented by performing solitary miracles 是做 it would be 的表语吗？

it would be+to pretend that he invented by performing solitary miracles.