The Qualifications also remind us that "at the same time, he
should be quick and unfailing to distinguish error from malice.."  Members
of Classes in the 60's are conditioned to the term "liberal education."  It
evokes memories of protesting students from St. John's to Berkeley, of Kent
State and Jane Fonda, of war and peaceniks, of dead classmates and live
politicians.

Whereas, the context of your quote from the Qualifications probably refers
to an older definition to wit:   4. Of, relating to, or based on the
traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a
liberal education.

Given the timeframe of the writing, it is likely that JPJ was saying that
the Naval Officer ought to have a "real" education and not just OTJ
training.  He, of all people, saw the need for officers who were equally
comfortable in the Bo'sun's locker, the drawing rooms of Europe, and the
boudoirs of Tsarinas.


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