question: Why did James T. Costa think that On the Origin of Species was more likely to draw interest than a larger book that Darwin had been working on ?
answer: because the book was an abstract produced in haste in response to Wallace 's essay
turker_answer: James T. Costa thought On the Origin of Species was more likely to draw interest than a larger book that Darwin had been working on because the book was an abstract produced in haste in response to Wallace 's essay .
rule-based: James T. Costa thought that On the Origin of Species was more likely to draw interest than a larger book that Darwin had been working on because the book was an abstract produced in haste in response to Wallace 's essay .