James A. Secord, in his study of the impact of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, argues that in some ways Vestiges had as much or more impact than Origin, at least into the 1880s.
James A. Secord u svojoj studiji o učinku djela Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation tvrdi da u nekim slučajevima Vestiges ima podjednak pa čak i veći značaj od Podrijetla, barem tijekom 1880-ih.