Sentence:  To my knowledge , Lincoln remains the only Head of State and Commander-in-Chief who , while fighting a fearful war whose issue was in doubt , proved man enough to say this publicly - to <WSD>give</WSD> his foe the benefit of the fact that in all human truth there is some error , and in all our error , some truth . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense