Source of quote

["Peter Flom" <peter.flom@ndri.org>]

I have seen the following quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin, T. H. Huxley, 
and Disraeli.   Does anyone have a definitive source?  TIA
"There is nothing so horrible in nature as to see a beautiful theory murdered 
by an ugly gang of facts"
Peter L. Flom, Ph.D.
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