Is imbibe and abstain the same thing?

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

In mandatory military service in america one of the main arguments states that americans should share benefits and responsibilities of citizenship.

What is wrong with they follow citation of a book with two authors