How add class the_content();?

You don’t. You’ll need to put an element around it:

<?php if ( $content_source == 'excerpt' ) { ?>
    <div class="excerpt">
        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
<?php } else { ?>
    <div class="content">
        <?php the_content(); ?>
    </div>
<?php } ?>

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