"Men, in their pursuit of happiness, are in danger of staking their all upon the greatest hoax ever foisted on humanity. This book has been written to expose the hoax together with the follies and fallacies of the hoaxers. In place of Utopian dreams the real solution of the problem of human happiness is offered."--from the cover of Will Men Be Like Gods, 1949 edition.

Father Dudley's first two books on human happiness are published together here--his rare collection of essays together with a novel which illustrates the essays and introduces his most famous character, the Masterful Monk.