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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor to her birth , how loyal Union citizens suspected her of treason, and how many accused her of unpatriotic extravagance is to feel deeply how life was even for the aristocracy of Civil war times

A. To have read of
B. Once one reads of
C. To read of
D. Reading about
E. Having read about
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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor 23 Nov 2009, 12:22
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C.

I believe the tested topic is idiom usage in this sentence. To "x" is to "y".

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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor to her birth , how loyal Union citizens suspected her of treason, and how many accused her of unpatriotic extravagance is to feel deeply how life was even for the aristocracy of Civil war times

A To have read of
B Once one reads of
C To read of
D Reading about
E Having read about
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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor 23 Nov 2009, 23:20
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"To read.. is to feel" are parallel

The answer should be C
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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor 24 Nov 2009, 12:48
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Yup...only A and C come close .However,A uses past perfect unnecessarliy so
C shoud win
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To have read of how the critics scorned Mary Todd Lincoln as a traitor 27 Nov 2009, 20:43
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I agree with the idiom "To X is to Y".
However, I am unsure about "read of", is it a correct idiom?
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+1 C

Although, "read of" sounds awkward to me.
A basic rule in GMAT Grammar indicates that an infinitive can be parallel only with another infinitive.

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